Sphalerons and Strings
| dc.creator | Hindmarsh, Mark | |
| dc.date | 1994-08-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:57:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:57:01Z | |
| dc.description | This work is based on a paper with Margaret James, to appear in Phys Rev D. In it we showed that the dipole moment of the sphaleron has its origin in two components: a ring of electric current circulating around the edge of the sphaleron; and also two regions of opposite magnetic charge above and below the ring. This magnetic charge has a partly topological explanation, arising from the fact that the sphaleron is axisymmetric and parity invariant. Here, I discuss the definition of the electromagnetic field and its sources in the Standard Model, comparing the one we use with the better-known one of 't Hooft. I also discuss the resemblance between the sphaleron and Nambu's ``dumb-bell'' -- a segment of $Z$-string which connects a monopole to an antimonopole. | |
| dc.description | (6pp, LaTeX + 3 eps figures, self-unpacking uuencoded. Needs epsf.sty.) SUSX-TH-94/71 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9408241 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9408241 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/45233 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Sphalerons and Strings | |
| dc.type | text |