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Gravitating Sphaleron-Antisphaleron Systems

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present new classical solutions of Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs theory, representing gravitating sphaleron-antisphaleron pair, chain and vortex ring solutions. In these static axially symmetric solutions, the Higgs field vanishes on isolated points on the symmetry axis, or on rings centered around the symmetry axis. We compare these solutions to gravitating monopole-antimonopole systems, associating monopole-antimonopole pairs with sphalerons.

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@article{arxiv.0802.3335,
  title  = {Gravitating Sphaleron-Antisphaleron Systems},
  author = {Rustam Ibadov and Burkhard Kleihaus and Jutta Kunz and Michael Leissner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.3335},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures

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