Magnetic vortices in a gauged O(3) sigma model with symmetry breaking selfinteraction

May, 1997
8 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 58 (1998) 105025
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Abstract:
We consider a (2+1) dimensional nonlinear O(3) sigma model with its U(1) subgroup gauged along with the inclusion of a self-interaction having symmetry breaking minima.The gauge field dynamics is governed by the Maxwell term.The model is shown to support topologically stable purely magnetic self-dual vortices.
  • sigma model: nonlinear
  • symmetry: O(3)
  • dimension: 3
  • field equations: vortex