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Superconducting electroweak strings

2006/09/30 by Mikhail S. Volkov · 21 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Angular momentum #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Boson #Charge (physics) #Combinatorics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Electric charge #Electroweak interaction #Higgs boson #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Momentum (technical analysis) #Parameterized complexity #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Section (typography) #String (physics) #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.11.046

published in Physics Letters B 644(2-3), 203-207 (Elsevier BV) · A figure showing profiles of the W-dressed Z strings is added

openalex publication_date 2006/12/06 · arxiv created 2007/02/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Classical solutions describing strings endowed with an electric charge and carrying a constant electromagnetic current are constructed within the bosonic sector of the Electroweak Theory. For any given ratio of the Higgs boson mass to W boson mass and for any Weinberg's angle, these strings comprise a family that can be parameterized by values of the current through their cross section, I3, by their electric charge per unit string length, I0, and by two integers. These parameters determine the electromagnetic and Z fluxes, as well as the angular momentum and momentum densities of the string. For I0→ 0 and I3→ 0 the solutions reduce to Z strings, or, for solutions with I0=± I3, to the W-dressed Z strings whose existence was discussed some time ago.

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