Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: We present a comprehensive, nonperturbative analytical method to investigate the dynamics of time-dependent oscillating scalar field configurations. The method is applied to oscillons in a ${\ensuremath{\phi}}^{4}$ Klein-Gordon model in two and three spatial dimensions, yielding high accuracy results in the characterization of all aspects of the complex oscillon dynamics. In particular, we show how oscillons can be interpreted as long-lived perturbations about an attractor in field configuration space. By investigating their radiation rate as they approach the attractor, we obtain an accurate estimate of their lifetimes in $d=3$ and explain why they seem to be perturbatively stable in $d=2$, where $d$ is the number of spatial dimensions.
Authors: Marcelo Gleiser, David Sicilia
Institution: Dartmouth College
Language: English
Topic: Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1966024997