On finite energy monopole solutions in Weinberg-Salam model

DOI10.1142/S0217751X1550164XMaRDI QIDQ3465060zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. G. Pak, Liping Zou, Pengming Zhang

Publication date 28 January 2016

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.7567

zbMATH Keywords

monopolesWeinberg-Salam model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Nuclear physics (81V35)

Abstract: We study the problem of existence of finite energy monopole solutions in the Weinberg-Salam model starting with a most general ansatz for static axially-symmetric electroweak magnetic fields. The ansatz includes an explicit construction of field configurations with various topologies described by the monopole and Hopf charges. We introduce a unique SU(2) gauge invariant definition for the electromagnetic field. It has been proved that the magnetic charge of any finite energy monopole solution must be screened at far distance. This implies non-existence of finite energy monopole solutions with a non-zero total magnetic charge. In a case of a special axially-symmetric Dashen-Hasslacher-Neveu ansatz we revise the structure of the sphaleron solution and show that sphaleron represents a non-trivial system of monopole and antimonopole with their centers located in one point. This is different from the known interpretation of the sphaleron as a monopole-antimonopole pair like Nambu's "dumb-bell". In general, the axially-symmetric magnetic field may admit a helical structure. We conjecture that such a solution exists and estimate an upper bound for its energy, E_{bound}=4.65 TeV.

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