Annihilation of electroweak dumbbells
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2023-11-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We study the annihilation of electroweak dumbbells and the dependence of their dynamics on initial dumbbell length and twist. Untwisted dumbbells decay rapidly while maximally twisted dumbbells collapse to form a compact sphaleron-like object, before decaying into radiation. The decay products of a dumbbell include electromagnetic magnetic fields with energy that is a few percent of the initial energy. The magnetic field from the decay of twisted dumbbells carries magnetic helicity with magnitude that depends on the twist, and handedness that depends on the decay pathway.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2311.00026,
title = {Annihilation of electroweak dumbbells},
author = {Teerthal Patel and Tanmay Vachaspati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.00026},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
15 pages, 12 figures. For associated animations, see https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5vVMc7DBg72XI7sA5jAzO9-lvN9_qryG&si=3wmRYcFXr4r498Au