Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1998-07-30
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
major revisions, 4 pages and 1 figure
Scientific paper
In gauge theories with an extended Higgs sector the classical equations of motion can have solutions that describe stable, closed finite energy vortices. Such vortices separate two disjoint Higgs vacua, with one of the vacua embedded in the other in a manner that forms a topologically nontrivial knot. The knottedness stabilizes the vortex against shrinkage in 3+1 dimensional space-time. But in a world with extra large dimensions we expect the configuration to decay by unknotting. As an example we consider the semilocal $\theta_W \to \frac{\pi}{2}$ limit of the Weinberg-Salam model. We present numerical evidence for the existence of a stable closed vortex, twisted into a toroidal configuration around a circular Higgs vacuum at its core.
Niemi Antti J.
Palo Kaupo
Virtanen Sami
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