RT Journal Article T1 Energetic Stability Criterion for a Nonlinear Spinorial Model A1 Álvarez Alonso, Amador A1 Soler, M. AB The time evolution of expanded and contracted solitary waves of the Dirac field with scalar self-interaction is exhibited. It is shown that the positivity of the second variation of the energy functional is not a necessary condition for the stability of these waves as has been recently suggested. PB American Physical Society SN 0031-9007 YR 1983 FD 1983-04-25 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64958 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/64958 LA eng NO © 1983 The American Physical Society. We wish to thank Dr. J. Guasp and Dr. A. I.opez Fraguas for their help, and acknowledge the partial financial support from Instituto de Estudios Nucleares, Junta de la Energia Nulcear. NO Instituto de Estudios Nucleares, Junta de la Energia Nulcear DS Docta Complutense RD 25 dic 2025