Using the embedded defect method, we classify the possible embeddings of a 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole in a general gauge theory. We then discuss some similarities with embedded vortices and relate our results to fundamental monopoles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0106254,
title = {Embedded Monopoles},
author = {Nathan F. Lepora},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0106254},
year = {2017}
}