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Gravitationally bound monopoles

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We construct monopole solutions in SU(2) Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs theory, carrying magnetic charge n. For vanishing and small Higgs selfcoupling, these multimonopole solutions are gravitationally bound. Their mass per unit charge is lower than the mass of the n=1 monopole. For large Higgs selfcoupling only a repulsive phase exists.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0009195,
  title  = {Gravitationally bound monopoles},
  author = {Betti Hartmann and Burkhard Kleihaus and Jutta Kunz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0009195},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 4 Postscript figures,section on black holes added

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