Platonic Sphalerons
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We construct sphaleron solutions in Weinberg-Salam theory, which possess only discrete symmetries. Related to rational maps of degree N, these sphalerons carry baryon number Q_B=N/2. The energy density of these sphalerons reflects their discrete symmetries. We present an N=3 sphaleron with tetrahedral energy density, an N=4 sphaleron with cubic energy density, and an N=5 sphaleron with octahedral energy density.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0310300,
title = {Platonic Sphalerons},
author = {B. Kleihaus and J. Kunz and K. Myklevoll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0310300},
year = {2009}
}
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10 pages, including 2 figures, LaTex format