Embedded Vortices
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-28 v5 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We present a discussion of embedded vortices in general Yang-Mills theories. The origin of a family structure of solutions is shown to be group theoretic in nature and a procedure for its determination is developed. Vortex stability can be quantified into three types: Abelian topological stability, non-Abelian topological stability, and dynamical stability; we relate these to the family structure of vortices, in particular discussing how Abelian topological and dynamical stability are related. The formalism generally encompasses embedded domain walls and embedded monopoles also.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9507457,
title = {Embedded Vortices},
author = {Nathan F. Lepora and Anne-Christine Davis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9507457},
year = {2009}
}
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