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Some Comments on the String Singularity of the Yang-Mills-Higgs Theory

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3469721· OSTI ID:21410552
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  1. School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Penang (Malaysia)
We are going to make use of the regulated polar angle which had been introduced by Boulware et al.. to show that in the SU(2) Yang-Mills-Higgs theory when the magnetic monopole is carried by the gauge field, the Higgs field does not carry the monopole and vice versa. In the Yang-Mills-Higgs theory, our solution shows that when the parameter {epsilon} {ne} 0, the monopole is carried by the gauge field and there is a string singularity in the gauge field. When the parameter {epsilon} {yields} 0, the monopole is transferred from the gauge field to the Higgs field and the string singularity disappeared. The solution is only singular at the origin, that is at r = 0 as it becomes the Wu-Yang monopole.
OSTI ID:
21410552
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1250; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English