Classifying Vortex Solutions to Gauge Theories

Abstract

We classify the spectrum, family structure and stability of Nielsen-Olesen vortices embedded in a larger gauge group when the vacuum manifold is related to a symmetric space.

26 Pages. Latex. To be published in Phys. Rev. D

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• Semilocal Topological Defects
• Embedded Defects
• Semilocal Defects
• Non-Abelian String Conductivity
• Embedded Vortices
• Examples of Embedded Defects (in Particle Physics and Condensed Matter)

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