Ground states of baryoleptonic Q-balls in supersymmetric models

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.78.075014· OSTI ID:21254327

Shoemaker, Ian M; Kusenko, Alexander ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547 (United States)

In supersymmetric generalizations of the standard model, all stable Q-balls are associated with some flat directions. We show that, if the flat direction has both the baryon number and the lepton number, the scalar field inside the Q-ball can deviate slightly from the flat direction in the ground state. We identify the true ground states of such nontopological solitons, including the electrically neutral and electrically charged Q-balls.

• OSTI ID: 21254327
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 78, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.075014; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYON NUMBER
CHARGE DENSITY
GROUND STATES
LEPTON NUMBER
SCALAR FIELDS
SIMULATION
SOLITONS
STANDARD MODEL
SUPERSYMMETRY