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't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles in lattice SU(N)+adjoint Higgs theory

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005 (Australia)
  2. Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
We investigate twisted C-periodic boundary conditions in SU(N) gauge field theory with an adjoint Higgs field. We show that with a suitable twist for even N one can impose a nonzero magnetic charge relative to residual U(1) gauge groups in the broken phase, thereby creating a 't Hooft-Polyakov magnetic monopole. This makes it possible to use lattice Monte Carlo simulations to study the properties of these monopoles in the quantum theory.
OSTI ID:
21322787
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 80; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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