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Oscillon Formation in Palatini Modified Gravity Theories

Shreyas Upadhye, Sukanta Panda

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Oscillons form during preheating in Palatini gravity with non-minimal coupling and source ultra-high-frequency gravitational waves.

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The paper examines whether localized, oscillating energy lumps known as oscillons can arise at the end of inflation when gravity is described by the Palatini formalism rather than the metric version, with a scalar field non-minimally coupled to the curvature and a polynomial potential. Numerical lattice simulations show the inflaton field developing the expected oscillatory and decaying profiles together with growing perturbations at specific wavenumbers, resulting in an extended phase of oscillon domination. This setup also produces a spectrum of primordial gravitational waves in the ultra-high-frequency band that overlaps with the sensitivity range of planned detectors.

Core claim

In the Palatini formulation with non-minimal coupling of the inflaton to the Ricci scalar and a polynomial potential, the field equations admit oscillatory decaying solutions whose power spectra exhibit the growth of perturbations at relevant k modes that is characteristic of oscillon formation. The equation of state derived from the simulation indicates a prolonged period of oscillon domination in the early universe, while the asymmetric spatial distribution of these configurations generates primordial gravitational waves lying in the ultra-high-frequency regime.

What carries the argument

Lattice evolution of the inflaton dynamics under the Palatini action with non-minimal coupling, used to extract power spectra, equation-of-state evolution, and the resulting gravitational-wave spectrum.

If this is right

  • Oscillon domination extends over a longer interval than in standard preheating scenarios, altering the expansion history before radiation domination.
  • Asymmetric energy distributions from the oscillons source a primordial gravitational-wave background in the ultra-high-frequency range.
  • The gravitational-wave spectrum overlaps with the sensitivity windows of several planned high-frequency detectors and experiments.
  • The power spectrum of field perturbations grows in a manner consistent with the formation and persistence of oscillons.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Oscillon formation appears robust when gravity is reformulated in the Palatini style, suggesting the phenomenon is not limited to the metric formalism.
  • Detection of ultra-high-frequency gravitational waves could provide an indirect probe of the non-minimal coupling strength used in the Palatini model.

Load-bearing premise

The chosen polynomial potential and specific non-minimal coupling in the Palatini action produce stable dynamics that the lattice simulation resolves without introducing unaccounted instabilities or artifacts.

What would settle it

A high-resolution lattice run that yields neither oscillatory decaying field profiles nor clear peaks in the perturbation power spectrum at the expected k modes would falsify the formation of oscillons in this setup.

read the original abstract

We investigate the formation of spatially localized, oscillatory in time and non topological solitonic, quasi-stable energy configurations, Oscillons, which are formed at the end of Inflationary epoch, during the preheating phase and decay over long periods of time. Oscillons have been previously studied in literature in the regime of General Relativity using Metric Formalism. In this paper we look for formation of these energy lumps by modifying the gravity part of the Einstein Hilbert Action, considering a non minimal coupling of the scalar field with Ricci Scalar,$R$, and working in an alternative formulation of General Relativity known as Palatini Formalism. The potential we consider is of polynomial form. We demonstrate numerically, using CosmoLattice, that the equation governing the dynamics of the Inflaton scalar field give oscillatory and decaying solutions as it is expected in the case of Oscillons, with power spectrum governing the growth of perturbations of $k$ modes. The equation of state reveals an extended period of Oscillon domination in the early universe. Along with this, the Primordial Gravitational Wave spectrum due to asymmetric distribution of these energy configurations have also been studied. We observe that these generate Ultra-High Frequency regime Gravitational Waves, which lie in the range of the planned future detectors and experiments.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper investigates oscillon formation in Palatini modified gravity with a non-minimal coupling of the inflaton to the Ricci scalar and a polynomial potential. Using numerical lattice simulations in CosmoLattice, it reports oscillatory and decaying solutions for the inflaton field, a power spectrum for perturbation growth, an extended period of oscillon domination in the equation of state, and the production of ultra-high-frequency primordial gravitational waves from asymmetric energy distributions.

Significance. If the numerical results hold after validation, the work extends oscillon studies from General Relativity to Palatini gravity, offering a concrete example of how modified gravity affects preheating dynamics and generates potentially observable UHF gravitational waves. The numerical demonstration itself, if properly documented, constitutes a useful addition to the literature on early-universe solitons.

major comments (3)
  1. [§4] §4 (Numerical Simulations): No lattice resolution, grid size, time-step criteria, or convergence tests are reported for the CosmoLattice runs. Without these, or explicit validation against the GR limit, it is impossible to rule out resolution artifacts in the claimed oscillatory/decaying solutions and k-mode power spectrum.
  2. [§5] §5 (Gravitational Waves): The ultra-high-frequency GW spectrum is presented as arising from oscillon asymmetry, yet no resolution-dependence study or comparison run with higher lattice density is shown; this directly affects the load-bearing claim that these signals fall in the range of planned detectors.
  3. [§3.1] §3.1 (Field Equations): The Palatini field equations with the chosen non-minimal coupling and polynomial potential are integrated directly, but no analytic check or limiting-case reduction to known GR oscillon behavior is provided to anchor the numerical results.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract omits the explicit form of the polynomial potential and the value of the non-minimal coupling coefficient; these should be stated for reproducibility.
  2. [Figures] Figure captions for the power spectra and equation-of-state evolution should include the lattice parameters used in each run.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comments, which have helped us identify areas where the presentation of the numerical results can be strengthened. We address each major comment below and have prepared revisions to the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: [§4] §4 (Numerical Simulations): No lattice resolution, grid size, time-step criteria, or convergence tests are reported for the CosmoLattice runs. Without these, or explicit validation against the GR limit, it is impossible to rule out resolution artifacts in the claimed oscillatory/decaying solutions and k-mode power spectrum.

    Authors: We agree that the numerical implementation details require fuller documentation. In the revised manuscript we will report the specific lattice resolution, grid size, time-step criteria, and Courant factor employed in CosmoLattice. We will also add convergence tests performed at multiple resolutions and an explicit validation run in the GR limit (vanishing non-minimal coupling) that reproduces the known oscillon formation and power-spectrum evolution reported in the literature. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [§5] §5 (Gravitational Waves): The ultra-high-frequency GW spectrum is presented as arising from oscillon asymmetry, yet no resolution-dependence study or comparison run with higher lattice density is shown; this directly affects the load-bearing claim that these signals fall in the range of planned detectors.

    Authors: We accept that a resolution study is necessary to support the robustness of the GW spectrum. The revised version will include additional simulations at higher lattice densities together with a direct comparison of the resulting GW spectra, demonstrating that the ultra-high-frequency features converge and are not numerical artifacts. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [§3.1] §3.1 (Field Equations): The Palatini field equations with the chosen non-minimal coupling and polynomial potential are integrated directly, but no analytic check or limiting-case reduction to known GR oscillon behavior is provided to anchor the numerical results.

    Authors: We will add a brief analytic subsection in §3.1 that explicitly reduces the Palatini field equations to the standard GR form in the limit of vanishing non-minimal coupling. This reduction recovers the known GR oscillon equations, thereby anchoring the numerical results to established literature. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: results are direct outputs of lattice simulation

full rationale

The paper's central results are obtained by numerically integrating the modified field equations in Palatini gravity with a chosen polynomial potential using the CosmoLattice code. The reported oscillatory/decaying solutions, k-mode power spectra, equation-of-state evolution, and induced GW spectrum are simulation outputs, not quantities fitted to target data or defined in terms of themselves. No load-bearing self-citations, ansatzes smuggled via prior work, or uniqueness theorems are invoked to force the conclusions; the derivation chain consists of standard discretization and evolution of the action-derived equations. This is self-contained against external benchmarks and receives the default non-circularity finding.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The paper relies on the standard Palatini variational principle with an added non-minimal scalar-curvature term and a polynomial inflaton potential; no new entities are postulated and the numerical results are not derived from fitted constants.

free parameters (2)
  • non-minimal coupling coefficient
    The strength of the direct scalar-Ricci coupling is a model parameter whose specific value is not reported in the abstract but is required for the dynamics.
  • polynomial potential coefficients
    The polynomial form of the inflaton potential contains coefficients that must be chosen to realize the reported oscillon behavior.
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption The Palatini formalism treats the metric and the affine connection as independent variables.
    Invoked when the action is varied with respect to both the metric and the connection.
  • domain assumption The inflaton potential is a polynomial function of the scalar field.
    Stated as the potential considered for the numerical evolution.

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