2014/07/31 by Paola Arias, F Schaposnik, Fidel A. Schaposnik · 21 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Abelian group #Axial symmetry #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Connection (principal bundle) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Geometry #Hidden sector #Higgs boson #Mathematics #Mechanics #Particle physics #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical physics #Vortex #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep12(2014)011
published in Journal of High Energy Physics 2014(12) (Springer Nature) · 22 pages, 10 figures, version accepted in JHEP
openalex publication_date 2014/12/01 · arxiv created 2014/12/15 · arxiv updated 2014/12/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study vortex solutions in a theory with dynamics governed by two weakly coupled Abelian Higgs models, describing a hidden sector and a visible sector. We analyze the radial dependence of the axially symmetric solutions constructed numerically and discuss the stability of vortex configurations for different values of the model parameters, studying in detail vortex decay into lower energy configurations. We find that even in a weak coupling regime vortex solutions strongly depend on the parameters of both the visible and hidden sectors. We also discuss on qualitative grounds possible implications of the existence of a hidden sector in connection with superconductivity and dark matter (dark strings).