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SU(2) gauged Skyrme-monopoles in scalar-tensor gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-19 v3

Abstract

Considering a Skyrme model with a peculiar gauging of the symmetry, monopole-like solutions exist through a topological lower bound. However, it was recently shown that these objects cannot form bound states in the limit of vanishing Skyrme coupling. Here we consider these monopoles in scalar-tensor gravity. A numerical study of the equations reveals that neither the coupling to gravity nor to the scalar dilaton nor to dilaton-gravity leads to bound multimonopole states.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0209094,
  title  = {SU(2) gauged Skyrme-monopoles in scalar-tensor gravity},
  author = {Yves Brihaye and Betti Hartmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0209094},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

9 Revtex pages, 2 PS-figures; formular added, typos corrected