Quantum-Corrected Q-balls in the Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin Model

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Main Authors: Su, Yong-Xiang, Xie, Qi-Xin, Zhou, Shuang-Yong
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author Su, Yong-Xiang
Xie, Qi-Xin
Zhou, Shuang-Yong
author_facet Su, Yong-Xiang
Xie, Qi-Xin
Zhou, Shuang-Yong
contents We study the real-time quantum dynamics of Q-balls in the Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin model within the inhomogeneous Hartree approximation. The mean fields are evolved self-consistently with the leading quantum two-point functions, which are implemented numerically through a stochastic ensemble representation. After introducing a renormalized formulation and a classical-limit scaling, we simulate single-Q-ball configurations in $3+1$ dimensions and compare their quantum-corrected evolution with the corresponding classical dynamics. We find a clear separation between a classical regime, where quantum fluctuations remain small and the evolution closely follows the classical solution, and a quantum regime, where the fluctuation sector carries a sizable fraction of the Noether charge. We also observe a periodic exchange of Noether charge between the mean fields and the fluctuation modes within the Hartree approximation. We further investigate the stability of quantum-corrected Q-balls and find an intermediate window in which configurations that are classically stable become unstable once Hartree fluctuations are included. Our results provide a first step toward real-time quantum simulations of Q-balls in renormalizable two-field soliton models.
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spellingShingle Quantum-Corrected Q-balls in the Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin Model
Su, Yong-Xiang
Xie, Qi-Xin
Zhou, Shuang-Yong
High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We study the real-time quantum dynamics of Q-balls in the Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin model within the inhomogeneous Hartree approximation. The mean fields are evolved self-consistently with the leading quantum two-point functions, which are implemented numerically through a stochastic ensemble representation. After introducing a renormalized formulation and a classical-limit scaling, we simulate single-Q-ball configurations in $3+1$ dimensions and compare their quantum-corrected evolution with the corresponding classical dynamics. We find a clear separation between a classical regime, where quantum fluctuations remain small and the evolution closely follows the classical solution, and a quantum regime, where the fluctuation sector carries a sizable fraction of the Noether charge. We also observe a periodic exchange of Noether charge between the mean fields and the fluctuation modes within the Hartree approximation. We further investigate the stability of quantum-corrected Q-balls and find an intermediate window in which configurations that are classically stable become unstable once Hartree fluctuations are included. Our results provide a first step toward real-time quantum simulations of Q-balls in renormalizable two-field soliton models.
title Quantum-Corrected Q-balls in the Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin Model
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25243