Magnetic Monopoles with Wilson loops on a 5D Orbifold
Radovan Dermisek, Stuart Raby, S. Nandi
TL;DR
This paper explores magnetic monopoles in 5D gauge theories with Wilson loops on orbifolds, presenting a finite-energy monopole string solution that replaces the Higgs mechanism in a simplified model.
Contribution
It introduces a novel monopole solution in 5D orbifold gauge theories where Wilson loops replace the Higgs field, providing a new perspective on monopole configurations.
Findings
Monopole string has finite energy and length equal to the extra dimension.
Wilson loop acts as a Higgs field in the 5D orbifold setting.
The model simplifies monopole construction in higher dimensions.
Abstract
We discuss magnetic monopoles in gauge theories with Wilson loops on orbifolds. We present a simple example in 5 dimensions with the fifth dimension compactified on an S^1/Z_2 orbifold. The Wilson loop in this SO(3) example replaces the adjoint Higgs scalar (needed to break SO(3) to U(1)) in the well-known 't Hooft - Polyakov construction. Our solution is a magnetic monopole string with finite energy, and length equal to the size of the extra dimension.
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