Phase transitions precipitated by solitosynthesis

Alexander Kusenko (CERN)

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Phase transitions precipitated by solitosynthesis

Alexander Kusenko (CERN)

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Submitted 20 May 1997

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The authors' main claim Solitosynthesis of Q-balls in the false vacuum can result in a phase transition of a new kind.

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Solitosynthesis of Q-balls in the false vacuum can result in a phase transition of a new kind. Formation and subsequent growth of Q-balls via the charge accretion proceeds until the solitons reach a critical charge, at which point it becomes energetically favorable for the Q-ball interior to expand filling space with the true vacuum phase. Solitosynthesis can destabilize a false vacuum even when the tunneling rate is negligible. In models with low-energy supersymmetry, where the Q-balls associated with baryon and lepton number conservation are generically present, solitosynthesis can precipitate transitions between the vacua with different VEV's of squarks and sleptons.

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s0	Solitosynthesis of Q-balls in the false vacuum can result in a phase transition of a new kind.	result 0.77	0.42	0.66	hedged possibility 0.97
s1	Formation and subsequent growth of Q-balls via the charge accretion proceeds until the solitons reach a critical charge, at which point it becomes energetically favorable for the Q-ball interior to expand filling space with the true vacuum phase.	result 0.78	0.44	0.23	asserted 1.00
s2	Solitosynthesis can destabilize a false vacuum even when the tunneling rate is negligible.	result 0.91	0.50	0.39	asserted 0.78
s3	In models with low-energy supersymmetry, where the Q-balls associated with baryon and lepton number conservation are generically present, solitosynthesis can precipitate transitions between the vacua with different VEV's of squarks and sleptons.	interpretation 0.47	0.36	0.21	hedged possibility 0.55

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Solitosynthesis of Q-balls in the false vacuum can result in a phase transition of a new kind. Formation and subsequent growth of Q-balls via the charge accretion proceeds until the solitons reach a critical charge, at which point it becomes energetically favorable for the Q-ball interior to expand filling space with the true vacuum phase. Solitosynthesis can destabilize a false vacuum even when the tunneling rate is negligible. In models with low-energy supersymmetry, where the Q-balls associated with baryon and lepton number conservation are generically present, solitosynthesis can precipitate transitions between the vacua with different VEV's of squarks and sleptons.

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Small Q-balls with a negative potential energy can grow in a false vacuum by accretion of global charge until they reach critical size, expand, and cause a phase transition.

Solitosynthesis induced phase transitions · 0.92

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At a particular value of the charge and radius, it expands uncontrollably, thereby converting all space into the true vacuum [ref] .

Solitosynthesis induced phase transitions · Critical Values For Phase Transition · 0.96

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However, this picture is modified if impurities are present at the time of the transition [ref] .

Electroweak Phase Transition with a Double Well Done Doubly Well · Introduction · 0.80
The defect need not be topologically stable [ref] and there exist studies of Q-balls [ref] and black holes as nucleation sites [ref] which can affect the electroweak lifetime [ref] .

The Boring Monopole · Introduction · 0.88
The case with such an interaction being taken into account will be discussed elsewhere (see also Refs. [ref] in the context of Q-ball in supersymmetric models without taking gravity effects into account).

Compact objects as the catalysts for vacuum decays · Formalism · 0.84

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