Spinning scalar solitons in anti-de Sitter spacetime

Eugen Radu*, Bintoro Subagyo

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Abstract

We present spinning Q-balls and boson stars in four-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime. These are smooth, horizonless solutions for gravity coupled to a massive complex scalar field with a harmonic dependence on time and the azimuthal angle. Similar to the flat spacetime configurations, the angular momentum is quantized. We find that a class of solutions with a self-interaction potential has a limit corresponding to static solitons with axial symmetry only. An exact solution describing spherically symmetric Q-balls in a fixed AdS background is also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)450-457
Number of pages8
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume717
Issue number4-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Oct 2012
Externally publishedYes

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