Electrically charged vortices in non-Abelian gauge theories with Chern-Simons term

Journal Article · Mon Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2564· OSTI ID:5521100

de Vega, H J; Schaposnik, F A

It is shown that a non-Abelian gauge theory with Higgs fields and the addition of a Chern-Simons term in 2+1 space-time dimensions exhibits finite-energy electrically charged vortex solutions. A novel feature of the vortices is that their electric charge Q-italic is quantized in units of the fundamental charge e-italic, Q-italic/e-italic = n-italic/2 with n-italic an integer, and their angular momentum is J-italic = Q-italic/2e-italic = n-italic/4.

• Research Organization: Laboratoire de Physique The-acute-accentorique et Hautes Energies, Paris, France
• OSTI ID: 5521100
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 56:24; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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