Compact oscillons in the signum-Gordon model

2007/10/11 by H. Arodź, H. Arodz, P. Klimas +2 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #astro-ph #cond-mat.other #hep-th #nlin.SI

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.77.047701

published as Phys.Rev.D77:047701,2008 · 12 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2007/10/11 · openalex publication_date 2008/02/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We present explicit solutions of the signum-Gordon scalar field equation which have finite energy and are periodic in time. Such oscillons have strictly finite size. They do not emit radiation.

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