2001/06/30 by Nathan F. Lepora · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Archaeology #Gauge (firearms) #Gauge theory #History #Magnetic monopole #Mathematical physics #Mechanics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Theoretical physics #Vortex #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(02)01588-5
published in Physics Letters B 533(1-2), 131-137 (Elsevier BV) · 6 pages, LaTeX
openalex publication_date 2002/05/01 · arxiv created 2002/07/23 · arxiv updated 2017/08/23 · openalex created_date 2020/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Using the embedded defect method, we classify the possible embeddings of a 't Hooft–Polyakov monopole in a general gauge theory. We then discuss some similarities with embedded vortices and relate our results to fundamental monopoles.