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Curved-space magnetic monopoles

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
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  1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
Explicit solutions of the coupled Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs field equations representing a '{ital t} Hooft--Polyakov--type magnetic monopole are constructed, both in and away from the Bogomolny-Prasad-Sommerfield limit. The solutions are seen to tend towards black-hole solutions as the strength of the gravitational coupling is increased, as might be expected. A careful analysis of solutions near the transition to a black hole shows that the monopole loses its non-Abelian hair as it develops a horizon. In certain cases, solutions without a horizon are seen to be unstable to gravitational collapse.
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER03069
OSTI ID:
7235631
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 45:8; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English