Electroweak strings, zero modes and baryon number

Tanmay Vachaspati

doi:10.1016/0920-5632(95)00448-I

Electroweak strings, zero modes and baryon number

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The Dirac equations for leptons and quarks in the background of an electroweak Z-string have zero mode solutions. If two loops of electroweak string are linked, the zero modes on one of the loops interacts with the other loop via an Aharanov-Bohm interaction. The effects of this interaction are briefly discussed and it is shown that the fermions induce a baryon number on linked loops of Z-string.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	47-49
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nuclear Physics B (Proceedings Supplements)
Volume	43
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0920-5632(95)00448-I
State	Published - Jun 1995
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Electroweak strings, zero modes and baryon number

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