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G2 monopoles

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-09-02 v1

Abstract

We investigate some aspects of Bogomolny-Prasad-Sommerfield monopole solutions in the Yang-Mills-Higgs theory with exceptional gauge group G2G_2 spontaneously broken to U(1)×U(1)U(1)\times U(1). Corresponding homotopy group is π2(G2/U(1)×U(1))\pi_2\left(G_2/U(1)\times U(1)\right) and similar to the SU(3)SU(3) theory, the G2G_2 monopoles are classified by two topological charges (n1,n2)(n_1,n_2). In fundamental representation these yield a subset of SO(7)SO(7) monopole configurations. Through inspection of the structure of Alg(G2)Alg(G_2), we propose an extension of the Nahm construction to the (n,1)G2(n,1)_{G_2} monopoles. For (1,1)G2(1,1)_{G_2} monopole the Nahm data are written explicitly.

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@article{arxiv.1508.01871,
  title  = {G2 monopoles},
  author = {Ya Shnir and G. Zhilin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.01871},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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