Propagating q-field and q-ball solution
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2017
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en
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1-13
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MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A, Volume 32, issue 18
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One possible solution of the cosmological constant problem involves a so-called q-field, which self-adjusts so as to give a vanishing gravitating vacuum energy density (cosmological constant) in equilibrium. We show that this q-field can manifest itself in other ways. Specifically, we establish a propagating mode (q-wave) in the nontrivial vacuum and find a particular soliton-type solution in flat spacetime, which we call a q-ball by analogy with the well-known Q-ball solution. Both q-waves and q-balls are expected to play a role for the equilibration of the q-field in the very early universe.Description
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cosmological constant, dark energy, Relativistic wave equations, solitons
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Klinkhamer, F R & Volovik, G E 2017, ' Propagating q-field and q-ball solution ', MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A, vol. 32, no. 18, 1750103, pp. 1-13 . https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732317501036