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Main Authors: Bazeia, D., Liao, M. A., Marques, M. A.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11215
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author Bazeia, D.
Liao, M. A.
Marques, M. A.
author_facet Bazeia, D.
Liao, M. A.
Marques, M. A.
contents In this work, BPS models built from the coupling of Yang-Mills-Higgs Lagrangian to impurities are investigated. We first consider scalar impurities, which in the BPS limit generate monopoles similar to those obtained in a previously considered class of $\mathrm{SU(2)}\times\mathrm{Z}_2$ or $\mathrm{SU(2)}\times\mathrm{SU(2)}$ models. We then focus on coupling with nonabelian impurities, defined as fixed backgrounds produced from fields transforming under the adjoint representation of SU(2), with a coupling chosen to preserve half of the BPS sectors. The nature of this coupling, the ensuing Bogomol'nyi bound and BPS equations, as well as the effect of these impurities in the abelianization that leads to the emergence of a U(1) gauge group are investigated. We study in greater detail impurities with spherical symmetry, and examine the manner in which impurity coupling changes the asymptotic behavior and range of monopole interactions. Moreover, we introduce a method that can be used to approximate solutions with the use of small perturbations around the Prasad-Sommerfield monopole, and discuss the possibility of extending the aforementioned results to dyons. In order to exemplify the most important properties of the theory, several specific impurity models are presented, with the respective monopole solutions are found numerically. These solutions present novel internal structure and multiple features that would not be possible in the original theory.
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spellingShingle Magnetic monopoles in Yang-Mills-Higgs theory with impurities
Bazeia, D.
Liao, M. A.
Marques, M. A.
High Energy Physics - Theory
In this work, BPS models built from the coupling of Yang-Mills-Higgs Lagrangian to impurities are investigated. We first consider scalar impurities, which in the BPS limit generate monopoles similar to those obtained in a previously considered class of $\mathrm{SU(2)}\times\mathrm{Z}_2$ or $\mathrm{SU(2)}\times\mathrm{SU(2)}$ models. We then focus on coupling with nonabelian impurities, defined as fixed backgrounds produced from fields transforming under the adjoint representation of SU(2), with a coupling chosen to preserve half of the BPS sectors. The nature of this coupling, the ensuing Bogomol'nyi bound and BPS equations, as well as the effect of these impurities in the abelianization that leads to the emergence of a U(1) gauge group are investigated. We study in greater detail impurities with spherical symmetry, and examine the manner in which impurity coupling changes the asymptotic behavior and range of monopole interactions. Moreover, we introduce a method that can be used to approximate solutions with the use of small perturbations around the Prasad-Sommerfield monopole, and discuss the possibility of extending the aforementioned results to dyons. In order to exemplify the most important properties of the theory, several specific impurity models are presented, with the respective monopole solutions are found numerically. These solutions present novel internal structure and multiple features that would not be possible in the original theory.
title Magnetic monopoles in Yang-Mills-Higgs theory with impurities
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11215