The 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole in the presence of a 't Hooft operator

Sergey A. Cherkis; Brian Durcan

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.11.065

The 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole in the presence of a 't Hooft operator

Sergey A. Cherkis, Brian Durcan

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We present explicit BPS field configurations representing one non-Abelian monopole with one minimal weight 't Hooft operator insertion. We explore the SO (3) and SU (2) gauge groups. In the case of SU (2) gauge group the minimal 't Hooft operator can be completely screened by the monopole. If the gauge group is SO (3), however, such screening is impossible. In the latter case we observe a different effect of the gauge symmetry enhancement in the vicinity of the 't Hooft operator.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	123-127
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	671
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2008.11.065
State	Published - Jan 12 2009
Externally published	Yes

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