Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9861739 | Physics Letters B | 2005 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
We construct sphaleron solutions with discrete symmetries in Yang-Mills-Higgs theory coupled to a dilaton. Related to rational maps of degree N, these platonic sphalerons can be assigned a Chern-Simons number Q=N/2. We present sphaleron solutions with degree N=1-4, possessing spherical, axial, tetrahedral and cubic symmetry. For all these sphalerons two branches of solutions exist, which merge at a maximal value of the dilaton coupling constant.
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Authors
Burkhard Kleihaus, Jutta Kunz, Kari Myklevoll,