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Complex Monopoles and Gribov Copies

1998/08/18 by Y. Hosotani, Yutaka Hosotani, Kamran Saririan +6
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Algebra and Geometry #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9808105

9 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the 3rd workshop "Continuous Advances in QCD", Minneapolis, 16-19 April, 1998

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Abstract

Complex monopole solutions exist in the three dimensional Georgi-Glashow model with the Chern-Simons term. They dominate the path integral and disorder the Higgs vacuum. Gribov copies of the vacuum and monopole configurations are studied in detail.

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