Embedded Monopoles

TL;DR

This paper classifies how 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles can be embedded in general gauge theories, exploring their similarities with vortices and connections to fundamental monopoles.

Contribution

It provides a systematic classification of monopole embeddings using the embedded defect method and relates these to vortices and fundamental monopoles.

Findings

Classification of monopole embeddings in gauge theories

Identification of similarities between monopoles and vortices

Connections established with fundamental monopoles

Abstract

Using the embedded defect method, we classify the possible embeddings of a 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole in a general gauge theory. We then discuss some similarities with embedded vortices and relate our results to fundamental monopoles.