Electroweak Strings, Sphalerons and Magnetic Fields
| dc.creator | Vachaspati, Tanmay | |
| dc.date | 1994-05-13 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:56:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:56:50Z | |
| dc.description | We describe electroweak strings and their ability to carry Chern-Simons number. Certain string configurations, for any $θ_W$, carry Chern-Simons number equal to that of the sphaleron and we conjecture that such strings are ``extended sphalerons''. The production of electroweak strings during the phase transition is discussed and it is suggested that electroweak strings could survive long enough for them to play a role in baryogenesis. Finally the issue of magnetic field generation during the electroweak phase transition is addressed and several points not discussed in the existing literature are clarified. A connection is made between electroweak strings and magnetic fields produced at the phase transition. (Based on the talk presented at the NATO workshop on ``Electroweak Physics and the Early Universe'', in Sintra, March 1994) | |
| dc.description | 17 pages, TUTP-94-11 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9405286 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9405286 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/45154 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Electroweak Strings, Sphalerons and Magnetic Fields | |
| dc.type | text |