1995/03/31 by E. J. Copeland, Edmund J. Copeland, Marcelo Gleiser +3 · 7 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Bubble #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Demise #Geometry #Invertible matrix #Law #Mathematics #Mechanics #Nonlinear system #Nucleation #Phase transition #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Scalar (mathematics) #Scalar field #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Statistical physics #Theoretical physics #Work (physics) #astro-ph #cond-mat #hep-ph #nlin.PS #patt-sol
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.52.1920
published as Phys.Rev. D52 (1995) 1920-1933 · 31 pages Revtex, 20 uufiles-encoded figures. Section "Possible Applications of Oscillons" slightly expanded
arxiv created 1995/06/26 · openalex publication_date 1995/08/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Oscillons are localized, nonsingular, time-dependent, spherically symmetric solutions of nonlinear scalar field theories which, although unstable, are extremely long lived. We show that they naturally appear during the collapse of subcritical bubbles in models with symmetric and asymmetric double-well potentials. By a combination of analytical and numerical work we explain several of their properties, including the conditions for their existence, their longevity, and their final demise. We discuss several contexts in which we expect oscillons to be relevant. In particular, their nucleation during cosmological phase transitions may have wide-ranging consequences.