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On the tetrahedrally symmetric monopole

Mathematical Physics 2014-11-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We study SU(2) BPS monopoles with spectral curves of the form η3+χ(ζ6+bζ31)=0\eta^3+\chi(\zeta^6+b \zeta^3-1)=0. Previous work has has established a countable family of solutions to Hitchin's constraint that L2L^2 was trivial on such a curve. Here we establish that the only curves of this family that yield BPS monopoles correspond to tetrahedrally symmetric monopoles. We introduce several new techniques making use of a factorization theorem of Fay and Accola for theta functions, together with properties of the Humbert variety. The geometry leads us to a formulation purely in terms of elliptic functions. A more general conjecture than needed for the stated result is given.

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@article{arxiv.0908.3449,
  title  = {On the tetrahedrally symmetric monopole},
  author = {H. W. Braden and V. Z. Enolski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.3449},
  year   = {2014}
}

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26 pages 2 figures