Published November 7, 1983
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Journal article
Fermion zero modes in the presence of non-abelian vortices
Creators
- 1. Chicago Univ., IL (USA). Dept. of Physics
- 2. Chicago Univ., IL (USA). Enrico Fermi Inst.
Description
The Dirac equation in the presence of non-abelian vortices is investigated. For isospinor fermions coupled to the vortex in the SU(2) Nielsen-Olesen model, there are normalisable well-behaved zero-energy solutions. When the fermions are in the adjoint representation there are no normalisable zero modes. The Z2 vortex appearing in a SO(10) theory is explicitly constructed and it is shown that the heavy neutrino can be bound to it in a zero-energy state. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nucl. Phys., B
- Journal Volume
- 227
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- CODEN: NUPBB.;Nucl. Phys., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 462-476
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 15010965
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; BOUND STATE; DIRAC EQUATION; FERMIONS; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; NEUTRINOS; SO-10 GROUPS; SU-2 GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VORTICES
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; LEPTONS; LIE GROUPS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SO GROUPS; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; WAVE EQUATIONS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract PHY-79-23669