Black holes in magnetic monopoles

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.45.2751· OSTI ID:7044581

Lee, K; Nair, V P ^[1]; Weinberg, E J ^[2]

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1. Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States)
2. Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (United States) Theory Group and NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)

We study magnetically charged classical solutions of a spontaneously broken gauge theory interacting with gravity. We show that nonsingular monopole solutions exist only if the Higgs-field vacuum expectation value {ital v} is less than or equal to a critical value {ital v}{sub cr}, which is of the order of the Planck mass. In the limiting case, the monopole becomes a black hole, with the region outside the horizon described by the critical Reissner-Nordstroem solution. For {ital v}{lt}{ital v}{sub cr}, we find additional solutions which are singular at {ital r}=0, but which have this singularity hidden within a horizon. These have nontrivial matter fields outside the horizon, and may be interpreted as small black holes lying within a magnetic monopole. The nature of these solutions as a function of {ital v} and of the total mass {ital M} and their relation to the Reissner-Nordstroem solutions are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 7044581
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 45:8; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BLACK HOLES
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
HIGGS MODEL
SU-2 GROUPS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
U-1 GROUPS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
FIELD EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONOPOLES
PARTICLE MODELS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
SU GROUPS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
U GROUPS
661310* - Relativity & Gravitation- (1992-)
662110 - General Theory of Particles & Fields- Theory of Fields & Strings- (1992-)