Selection Rules for Splitting Strings

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.79.1972MaRDI QIDQ4492426zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Achucarro, Ruth Gregory

Publication date 16 July 2000

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9705001

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Black holes (83C57) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: It has been pointed out that Nielsen-Olesen vortices may be able to decay by pair production of black holes. We show that when the abelian Higgs model is embedded in a larger theory, the additional fields may lead to selection rules for this process - even in the absence of fermions - due to the failure of a charge quantization condition. We show that, when there is topology change, the criterion based on the charge quantization condition supplements the usual criterion based on $p{i}_0(H)$. In particular, we find that, unless $2si{n}^{2}het{a}_W$ is a rational number, the thermal splitting of electroweak Z-strings by magnetically neutral black holes is impossible, even though $p{i}_0(H)$ is trivial.

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