Monopole-antimonopole chains and vortex rings
- Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Oldenburg, D-26111, Oldenburg (Germany)
We consider static axially symmetric solutions of SU(2) Yang-Mills-Higgs theory. The simplest such solutions represent monopoles, multimonopoles and monopole-antimonopole pairs. In general such solutions are characterized by two integers, the winding number m of their polar angle, and the winding number n of their azimuthal angle. For solutions with n=1 and n=2, the Higgs field vanishes at m isolated points along the symmetry axis, which are associated with the locations of m monopoles and antimonopoles of charge n. These solutions represent chains of m monopoles and antimonopoles in static equilibrium. For larger values of n, totally different configurations arise, where the Higgs field vanishes on one or more rings, centered around the symmetry axis. We discuss the properties of such monopole-antimonopole chains and vortex rings, in particular, their energies and magnetic dipole moments, and we study the influence of a finite Higgs self-coupling constant on these solutions.
- OSTI ID:
- 20705272
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 70, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.065010; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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