2010/05/31 by Leonardo Campanelli, Marco Ruggieri
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Combinatorics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Domain (mathematical analysis) #Geometry and complex manifolds #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Particle physics #Physics #Supersymmetry #Supersymmetry breaking #Theoretical physics #Topology (electrical circuits) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0253-6102/55/5/20
published in Communications in Theoretical Physics 55(5), 841-851 (Institute of Physics) · Some discussion about the phase diagram added. To appear on the journal "Communications in Theoretical Physics"
arxiv created 2011/01/28 · openalex publication_date 2011/05/01 · arxiv updated 2015/03/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study non-topological, charged planar walls (Q-walls) in the context of a particle physics model with supersymmetry broken by low-energy gauge mediation. Analytical properties are derived within the flat-potential approximation for the flat-direction raising potential, while a numerical study is performed using the full two-loop supersymmetric potential. We analyze the energetics of finite-size Q-walls and compare them to Q-balls, non-topological solitons possessing spherical symmetry and arising in the same supersymmetric model. This allows us to draw a phase diagram in the charge-transverse length plane, which shows a region where Q-wall solutions are energetically favored over Q-balls. However, due to their finiteness, such finite-size Q-walls are dynamically unstable and decay into Q-balls in a time which is less than their typical scale-length.