Q-lump scattering

Sutcliffe, Paul

Abstract

Q-lumps are spinning planar topological solitons with stationary solutions that satisfy first-order Bogomolny equations. Q-lump scattering has previously been studied only in the charge two sector, by approximating time evolution by motion in the moduli space of stationary solutions. In this paper, higher charge scattering is studied via motion on families of 4-dimensional submanifolds of moduli space, obtained by imposing cyclic symmetries. The results are shown to be in good agreement with field theory simulations, which are then applied to study more complicated Q-lump scattering processes, including examples where the moduli space approximation is not applicable. A variety of exotic scattering events are presented.

Citation

Sutcliffe, P. (2023). Q-lump scattering. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(6), Article 162. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282023%29162

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 6, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jun 26, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-06
• Deposit Date: Jul 11, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 24, 2023
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Print ISSN: 1126-6708
• Electronic ISSN: 1029-8479
• Publisher: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2023
• Issue: 6
• Article Number: 162
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282023%29162
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1168869
• Publisher URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.05521
• Related Public URLs: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.05521