Quantum stabilization of Z-strings in the electroweak model
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We study the quantum energy of the Z-string in 2+1 dimensions using the phase shift formalism. Our main interest is the question of stability of a Z-string carrying a finite fermion number.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0601196,
title = {Quantum stabilization of Z-strings in the electroweak model},
author = {Oliver Schroeder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0601196},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages LaTex, talk presented at the 7th Workshop On Quantum Field Theory Under The Influence Of External Conditions (QFEXT 05),5-9 Sep 2005, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain