Kibble mechanism for electroweak magnetic monopoles and magnetic fields

Patel, Teerthal; Vachaspati, Tanmay

doi:10.1007/jhep01(2022)059

Title: Kibble mechanism for electroweak magnetic monopoles and magnetic fields

Journal Article · 12 January 2022 · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01(2022)059 · OSTI ID:1976428

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Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (United States); Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (United States)

The vacuum manifold of the standard electroweak model is a three-sphere when one considers homogeneous Higgs field configurations. For inhomogeneous configurations we argue that the vacuum manifold is the Hopf fibered three sphere and that this viewpoint leads to general criteria to detect electroweak monopoles and Z-strings. We extend the Kibble mechanism to study the formation of electroweak monopoles and strings during electroweak symmetry breaking. The distribution of magnetic monopoles produces magnetic fields that have a spectrum B_λ ∝ λ^–2, where λ is a smearing length scale. Even as the magnetic monopoles annihilate due to the confining Z-strings, the magnetic field evolves with the turbulent plasma and may be relevant for cosmological observations.

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Research Organization:: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019470

OSTI ID:: 1976428

Journal Information:: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 2022; ISSN 1029-8479

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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