Self-dual configurations in Abelian Higgs models with k-generalized gauge field dynamics

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics Vol. 2016; no. 12; pp. 1 - 23
• Main Authors: Casana, R., Cavalcante, A., da Hora, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-12-2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Broken symmetry; Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Decay; Elementary Particles; Fluid flow; Gages; Gauges; High energy physics; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Quantum Physics; Regular Article - Theoretical Physics; Relativity Theory; String Theory; Vortices; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Duality in Gauge Field Theories; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons
• ISSN: 1029-8479; 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2016)051

A
bstract
We have shown the existence of self-dual solutions in new Maxwell-Higgs scenarios where the gauge field possesses a
k
-generalized dynamic, i.e., the kinetic term of gauge field is a highly nonlinear function of
F
μν
F
μν
. We have implemented our proposal by means of a
k
-generalized model displaying the spontaneous symmetry breaking phenomenon. We implement consistently the Bogomol’nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield formalism providing highly nonlinear self-dual equations whose solutions are electrically neutral possessing total energy proportional to the magnetic flux. Among the infinite set of possible configurations, we have found families of
k
-generalized models whose self-dual equations have a form mathematically similar to the ones arising in the Maxwell-Higgs or Chern-Simons-Higgs models. Furthermore, we have verified that our proposal also supports infinite twinlike models with |
ϕ
|
4
-potential or |
ϕ
|
6
-potential. With the aim to show explicitly that the BPS equations are able to provide well-behaved configurations, we have considered a test model in order to study axially symmetric vortices. By depending of the self-dual potential, we have shown that the
k
-generalized model is able to produce solutions that for long distances have a exponential decay (as Abrikosov-Nielsen-Olesen vortices) or have a power-law decay (characterizing delocalized vortices). In all cases, we observe that the generalization modifies the vortex core size, the magnetic field amplitude and the bosonic masses but the total energy remains proportional to the quantized magnetic flux.