First mass determination of electroweak vortex rings in the Standard Model

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Main Authors: Zhu, Dan, Chen, Xurong, Zhang, Qingyue, Wong, Khai-Ming
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author Zhu, Dan
Chen, Xurong
Zhang, Qingyue
Wong, Khai-Ming
author_facet Zhu, Dan
Chen, Xurong
Zhang, Qingyue
Wong, Khai-Ming
contents We report the first rigorous evaluation of the physical mass of electroweak vortex rings, establishing precise values of 18.01 and 26.80 TeV for solutions characterized by different winding numbers. Analysis of the internal structure reveals that repulsive interactions shape the geometry of these configurations, while complex current distributions lead to a neutral analogue of Ampere's circuital law, suggesting a corresponding self-stabilizing pinch mechanism. These findings set the energy scales for the potential observation of such configurations at future colliders and offer a framework for understanding topological structures in the Standard Model.
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spellingShingle First mass determination of electroweak vortex rings in the Standard Model
Zhu, Dan
Chen, Xurong
Zhang, Qingyue
Wong, Khai-Ming
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We report the first rigorous evaluation of the physical mass of electroweak vortex rings, establishing precise values of 18.01 and 26.80 TeV for solutions characterized by different winding numbers. Analysis of the internal structure reveals that repulsive interactions shape the geometry of these configurations, while complex current distributions lead to a neutral analogue of Ampere's circuital law, suggesting a corresponding self-stabilizing pinch mechanism. These findings set the energy scales for the potential observation of such configurations at future colliders and offer a framework for understanding topological structures in the Standard Model.
title First mass determination of electroweak vortex rings in the Standard Model
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20791