Stabilizing semilocal strings by polarization

被引:5
作者
Eto, Minoru [1 ]
Nitta, Muneto [2 ,3 ]
Sakurai, Kohei [1 ]
机构
[1] Yamagata Univ, Dept Phys, Yamagata 9908560, Japan
[2] Keio Univ, Dept Phys, Hiyoshi 4-1-1, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2238521, Japan
[3] Keio Univ, Res & Educ Ctr Nat Sci, Hiyoshi 4-1-1, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2238521, Japan
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; Gauge Symmetry; Global Symmetries; BOGOMOLNYI SOLITONS; PHASE; VORTICES; SUPERCONDUCTORS; MODEL; FLUX;
D O I
10.1007/JHEP10(2016)048
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Semilocal strings are vortices in the extended Abelian-Higgs model with two complex Higgs scalar fields among which a global SU(2) symmetry acts. They are known to be stable (unstable against expansion) in type-I (II) superconductors, in which gauge field is heavier (lighter) than the Higgs scalar field. In this paper, we find that vortices can be stabilized in the whole parameter region including the type-II region by adding a potential term breaking the SU(2) symmetry. We construct numerical solutions in various parameters and determine the vortex phase diagram consisting of six phases. In two phases, a vortex is polarized, that is, split into two half-quantized vortices with a certain distance, to form a vortex molecule, while in the rests a vortex is identical to the conventional Abrikosov-Nielsen-Olesen vortex.
引用
收藏
页数:27
相关论文
共 59 条
[21]   Vortex graphs as N-omers and CPN-1 skyrmions in N-component Bose-Einstein condensates [J].
Eto, Minoru ;
Nitta, Muneto .
EPL, 2013, 103 (06)
[22]   Vortex trimer in three-component Bose-Einstein condensates [J].
Eto, Minoru ;
Nitta, Muneto .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 2012, 85 (05)
[23]   Interaction of half-quantized vortices in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates [J].
Eto, Minoru ;
Kasamatsu, Kenichi ;
Nitta, Muneto ;
Takeuchi, Hiromitsu ;
Tsubota, Makoto .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 2011, 83 (06)
[24]   Instabilities of Non-Abelian Vortices in Dense QCD [J].
Eto, Minoru ;
Nitta, Muneto ;
Yamamoto, Naoki .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2010, 104 (16)
[25]   Effective world-sheet theory of color magnetic flux tubes in dense QCD [J].
Eto, Minoru ;
Nakano, Eiji ;
Nitta, Muneto .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2009, 80 (12)
[26]  
Eto M, 2009, PHYS REV D, V80, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.125007
[27]  
Forgacs P., ARXIV160800021
[28]  
Forgacs P., ARXIV160303291
[29]   SEMILOCAL STRINGS AND MONOPOLES [J].
GIBBONS, GW ;
ORTIZ, ME ;
RUIZ, FR ;
SAMOLS, TM .
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, 1992, 385 (1-2) :127-144
[30]   Deconfinement of vortices with continuously variable fractions of the unit flux quanta in two-gap superconductors [J].
Goryo, J. ;
Soma, S. ;
Matsukawa, H. .
EPL, 2007, 80 (01)