MAP, MAC, and vortex-rings configurations in the Weinberg-Salam model

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2015.07.025zbMATH Open1343.81173arXiv1402.4222OpenAlexW2963344396MaRDI QIDQ307553FDOQ307553

Authors: Rosy Teh, Ban-Loong Ng, Khai-Ming Wong 

Publication date: 2 September 2016

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We report on the presence of new axially symmetric monopoles, antimonopoles and vortex-rings solutions of the SU(2)$imes$U(1) Weinberg-Salam model of electromagnetic and weak interactions. When the $phi$-winding number $n=1$, and 2, the configurations are monopole-antimonopole pair (MAP) and monopole-antimonopole chain (MAC) with poles of alternating sign magnetic charge arranged along the $z$-axis. Vortex-rings start to appear from the MAP and MAC configurations when the winding number $n=3$. The MAP configurations possess zero net magnetic charge whereas the MAC configurations possess net magnetic charge of $4pin/e$. In the MAP configurations, the monopole-antimonopole pair is bounded by the ${calZ}^0$ field flux string and there is an electromagnetic current loop encircling it. The monopole and antimonopole possess magnetic charges $pmfrac4pinesi{n}^{2}het{a}_W$ respectively. In the MAC configurations there is no string connecting the monopole and the adjacent antimonopole and they possess magnetic charges $pmfrac4pine$ respectively. The MAC configurations possess infinite total energy and zero magnetic dipole moment whereas the MAP configurations which are actually sphalerons possess finite total energy and magnetic dipole moment. The configurations were investigated for varying values of Higgs self-coupling constant $0leqlambdaleq40$ at Weinberg angle $het{a}_W=fracpi4$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.4222

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zbMATH Keywords

monopole-antimonopole chainmonopole-antimonopole pairvortex-ringsWeinberg-Salam model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15)

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