Non-Abelian monopole and dyon solutions in a modified Einstein-Yang-Mills- Higgs system

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Abstract

We study a modified Yang-Mills-Higgs system coupled to Einstein gravity. The modification of the Einstein-Hilbert action involves the direct coupling of the Higgs field to the scalar curvature. In this modified system we are able to write a Bogomol'nyi type condition in curved space and demonstrate that the positive static energy functional is bounded from below. We then investigate non-Abelian spherically symmetric static solutions in a similar fashion to the't Hooft-Polyakov monopole. After reviewing previously studied monopole solutions of this type, we extend the formalism to include electric charge and we present dyon solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105015
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume68
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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