Resonances in SU(2) gauge theory

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 1977 · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.15.3672· OSTI ID:7308129

Stern, A

Classical periodic trajectories are shown to exist for a test particle moving in an external SU(2) gauge field. The field is assumed to be static and of the form proposed by Wu and Yang. The energy of the system is positive, so the orbits are expected to give rise to a spectrum of metastable states. A Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization scheme is proposed for finding the spectrum. The results are applied to the problem of a particle interacting with a Polyakov-'t Hooft monopole, via the explicit solution of Prasad and Sommerfield.

• Research Organization: Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13210
• OSTI ID: 7308129
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 15:12; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
COUPLING CONSTANTS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HADRONS
INTERACTIONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIE GROUPS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
RESONANCE PARTICLES
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
YANG-MILLS THEORY