On the Theory of Non-Abelian Vortices and Cosmic Strings.

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Feb 1991

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Thesis (PH.D.)--CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 1991.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: B

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The thesis deals with the theory of non-Abelian vortices in two spatial dimensions and cosmic strings in three spatial dimensions that arise when a non-Abelian gauge symmetry G is broken to a non-Abelian unbroken symmetry group H by the condensation of a Higgs field. The first part of the thesis discusses the case in which H is discrete. In this case all of the gauge bosons acquire a large mass; however, at low energies discretely charged particle experience non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm scattering off vortices, which can be used to measure the flux of the vortices. Vortices also experience non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm scattering with each other. When there are more than three vortices in a system, the Aharonov-Bohm interaction, which is described by a path integral involving sums over elements of the braid group, becomes extremely complicated. The vortices are subject to a new kind of exotic statistics. The second part of the thesis discusses the physics that arises when the requirement that H be discrete is relaxed to allow H to have one continuous generator. The vortices or strings that result change the sign of the charge for charged particles. Loops of Alice string or pairs of vortices can carry charge without any apparent source. A quantization condition for the charge carried by such pairs and loops is derived. It is also found that loops of Alice string can carry magnetic charge and that topologically stable monopoles exist in any theory with Alice symmetry breaking.

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