Published May 15, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Superconducting and spinning non-Abelian flux tubes

  • 1. Department of Natural Sciences, Open University of Israel, P.O.B. 808, Raanana 43107 (Israel)
  • 2. Physique Theorique et Mathematiques, Universite de Mons-Hainaut, Place du Parc, B-7000 Mons (Belgium)

Description

We find new non-Abelian flux tube solutions in a model of Nf scalar fields in the fundamental representation of SU(N)xU(1) with N≤Nf (the 'extended non-Abelian Higgs model'), and study their main properties. Among the solutions there are spinning strings as well as superconducting ones. The solutions exist only in a nontrivial domain of the parameter space defined by the ratio between the SU(N) and U(1) coupling constants, the scalar self-interaction coupling constants, the magnetic fluxes (Abelian as well as non-Abelian) and the 'twist parameter' which is a nontrivial relative phase of the Higgs fields

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 105019-105019.11
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2008 The American Physical Society