1998/01/31 by Alexander Kusenko, Mikhail Shaposhnikov, P. G. Tinyakov +3 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Baryon #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Electroweak interaction #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Neutron star #Particle physics #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Star (game theory) #Stars #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ex #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(98)00133-6
published as Phys.Lett. B423 (1998) 104-108 · 9 pages; references added
arxiv created 1998/02/03 · openalex publication_date 1998/03/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2020/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Electroweak models with low-energy supersymmetry breaking predict the existence of stable non-topological solitons, Q-balls, that can be produced in the early universe. The relic Q-balls can accumulate inside a neutron star and gradually absorb the baryons into the scalar condensate. This causes a slow reduction in the mass of the star. When the mass reaches a critical value, the neutron star becomes unstable and explodes. The cataclysmic destruction of the distant neutron stars may be the origin of the gamma-ray bursts.