Bound states can stabilize electroweak strings

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Vachaspati, Tanmay; Watkins, Richard

1993-11-25

Citation: Vachaspati, Tanmay, Watkins, Richard (1993/11/25)."Bound states can stabilize electroweak strings." Physics Letters B 318(1): 163-168. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/30444>

Abstract: We show that the stability of the electroweak Z-string is greatly improved by the presence of bound states of a complex scalar field. This stabilization mechanism could work for other embedded defects and also for unstable solutions such as the sphaleron.

DOIs: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(93)91800-3

URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVN-472K3X7-2R3/2/39af5b531cf806ab2318ab4bf0b83704

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/30444

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