First Order Framework for Gauge k-Vortices. (19th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bazeia, D.; Losano, L.; Marques, M. A.; Menezes, R.
• Other Names: Saez-Chillon Gomez Diego Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Advances in high energy physics. Volume 2018(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-12-19
• Subjects: Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Periodicals; Particles (Nuclear physics); Periodicals; 539.76
• DOI: 10.1155/2018/9635427
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-7357

Abstract

Abstract : We study vortices in generalized Maxwell-Higgs models, with the inclusion of a quadratic kinetic term with the covariant derivative of the scalar field in the Lagrangian density. We discuss the stressless condition and show that the presence of analytical solutions helps us to define the model compatible with the existence of first order equations. A method to decouple the first order equations and to construct the model is then introduced and, as a bonus, we get the energy depending exclusively on a function of the fields calculated from the boundary conditions. We investigate some specific possibilities and find, in particular, a compact vortex configuration in which the energy density is all concentrated in a unit circle.