't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles in lattice SU(N)+adjoint Higgs theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2009-10-06 v1
Abstract
We investigate twisted C-periodic boundary conditions in SU(N) gauge field theory with an adjoint Higgs field. We show that with a suitable twist for even N one can impose a non-zero magnetic charge relative to residual U(1) gauge groups in the broken phase, thereby creating a 't Hooft-Polyakov magnetic monopole. This makes it possible to use lattice Monte-Carlo simulations to study the properties of these monopoles in the quantum theory.
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@article{arxiv.0906.5531,
title = {'t Hooft-Polyakov monopoles in lattice SU(N)+adjoint Higgs theory},
author = {S. Edwards and D. Mehta and A. Rajantie and L. von Smekal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.5531},
year = {2009}
}
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15 pages, 6 figures