Interaction of Magnetic Monopoles and Domain Walls
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-31 v3 Astrophysics
Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We study the interaction of magnetic monopoles and domain walls in a model with SU(5)\times Z_2 symmetry by numerically evolving the field equations. We find that the monopoles unwind and dissipate their magnetic energy on collision with domain walls within which the full SU(5) symmetry is restored.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9909543,
title = {Interaction of Magnetic Monopoles and Domain Walls},
author = {Levon Pogosian and Tanmay Vachaspati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9909543},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages; included additional degree of freedom in ansatz (eq. 4), discussed time and distance scales; version to be published in PRD