Some problems when calculating the quantum corrections to the classical 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We examine whether the analysis of quantum corrections for the kink soliton carries over to the 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole. For the kink, it is central that the quantum fluctuations are eigenmodes of a Hermitian operator. For the monopole, we show the analogous operator is not Hermitian. This property raises some questions about the quantization procedure for a 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0207286,
title = {Some problems when calculating the quantum corrections to the classical 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole},
author = {Nathan F. Lepora},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0207286},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, LaTeX