Display options
Share it on

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Feb 14;90(6):061801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.061801. Epub 2003 Feb 11.

Triplication of SU(5) Monopoles.

Physical review letters

Levon Pogosian, Danièle A Steer, Tanmay Vachaspati

Affiliations

  1. The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom.

PMID: 12633286 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.061801

Abstract

We investigate all spherically symmetric fundamental monopole solutions with fixed topological charge in the SU(5)-->[SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1)]/Z(3) x Z(2) symmetry breaking. We find that there are three solutions that are gauge equivalent but, as we argue, would correspond to physically distinct degrees of freedom in the dualized version of the model. The triplication of monopoles could help us understand the observed family structure of standard model particles.

Publication Types