Creation of Magnetic Monopoles in Classical Scattering

We consider the creation of 't Hooft-Polyakov magnetic monopoles by scattering classical wave packets of gauge fields. An example with eight clearly separated magnetic poles created with parity violating helical initial conditions is shown. No clear separation of topological charge is observed...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 117; no. 18; p. 181601
Main Author Vachaspati, Tanmay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 28.10.2016
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Summary:We consider the creation of 't Hooft-Polyakov magnetic monopoles by scattering classical wave packets of gauge fields. An example with eight clearly separated magnetic poles created with parity violating helical initial conditions is shown. No clear separation of topological charge is observed with corresponding parity symmetric initial conditions.
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.181601