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What happens to Q-balls if is so large?
In the system of a gravitating Q-ball, there is a maximum charge inevitably, while in flat spacetime there is no upper bound on in
typical models such as the Affleck-Dine model. Theoretically the charge is
a free parameter, and phenomenologically it could increase by charge
accumulation. We address a question of what happens to Q-balls if is close
to . First, without specifying a model, we show analytically
that inflation cannot take place in the core of a Q-ball, contrary to the claim
of previous work. Next, for the Affleck-Dine model, we analyze perturbation of
equilibrium solutions with by numerical analysis of
dynamical field equations. We find that the extremal solution with and unstable solutions around it are "critical solutions", which means
the threshold of black-hole formation.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figures, results for large added, to appear in
PR
How does gravity save or kill Q-balls?
We explore stability of gravitating Q-balls with potential
via catastrophe
theory, as an extension of our previous work on Q-balls with potential
. In flat spacetime
Q-balls with in the thick-wall limit are unstable and there is a minimum
charge , where Q-balls with are nonexistent.
If we take self-gravity into account, on the other hand, there exist stable
Q-balls with arbitrarily small charge, no matter how weak gravity is. That is,
gravity saves Q-balls with small charge. We also show how stability of Q-balls
changes as gravity becomes strong.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figure
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