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Triply Charged Monopole and Magnetic Quarks

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-05-25 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We describe the internal composition of a topologically stable monopole carrying a magnetic charge of 6π/e6\pi/e that arises from the spontaneous breaking of the trinification symmetry SU(3)c×SU(3)L×SU(3)RSU(3)_c\times SU(3)_L\times SU(3)_R (GG). Since this monopole carries no color magnetic charge, a charge of 6π/e6\pi/e is required by the Dirac quantization condition. The breaking of GG to the Standard Model occurs in a number of steps and yields the desired topologically stable monopole ("magnetic baryon"), consisting of three confined monopoles. The confined monopoles ("magnetic quarks") each carry a combination of Coulomb magnetic flux and magnetic flux tubes, and therefore they do not exist as isolated states. We also display a more elaborate configuration ("fang necklace") composed of these magnetic quarks. In contrast to the SU(5)SU(5) monopole which is superheavy and carries a magnetic charge of 2π/e2\pi/e as well as color magnetic charge, the trinification monopole may have mass in the TeV range, in which case it may be accessible at the LHC and its planned upgrades.

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@article{arxiv.2101.01412,
  title  = {Triply Charged Monopole and Magnetic Quarks},
  author = {George Lazarides and Qaisar Shafi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.01412},
  year   = {2021}
}

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11 pages including 2 figures, version published in Phys. Lett. B