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A note on BPS vortex bound states

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-03-01 v2

Abstract

In this note we investigate bound states, where scalar and vector bosons are trapped by BPS vortices in the Abelian Higgs model with a critical ratio of the couplings. A class of internal modes of fluctuation around cylindrically symmetric BPS vortices is characterized mathematically, analysing the spectrum of the second-order fluctuation operator when the Higgs and vector boson masses are equal. A few of these bound states with low values of quantized magnetic flux are described fully, and their main properties are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1509.06632,
  title  = {A note on BPS vortex bound states},
  author = {A. Alonso-Izquierdo and W. Garcia Fuertes and J. Mateos Guilarte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06632},
  year   = {2016}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures, Reference added

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