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F-term inflation Q-balls. / McDonald, J. F.
In: Physical Review Series D, Vol. 73, No. 043501, 2006.

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McDonald, JF 2006, 'F-term inflation Q-balls', Physical Review Series D, vol. 73, no. 043501. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.043501

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McDonald, J. F. (2006). F-term inflation Q-balls. Physical Review Series D, 73(043501). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.043501

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McDonald JF. F-term inflation Q-balls. Physical Review Series D. 2006;73(043501). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.043501

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McDonald, J. F. / F-term inflation Q-balls. In: Physical Review Series D. 2006 ; Vol. 73, No. 043501.

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abstract = "A general analysis of Q-ball solutions of the supersymmetric F-term hybrid inflation field equations is given. The solutions consist of a complex inflaton field and a real symmetry-breaking field, with a conserved global charge associated with the inflaton. It is shown that the Q-ball solutions for any value of the superpotential coupling, kappa, may be obtained from those with kappa=1 by rescaling the space coordinates. The complete range of Q-ball solutions for the case kappa=1 is given, from which all possible F-term inflation Q-balls can be obtained. The possible role of F-term inflation Q-balls in cosmology is discussed.",
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