ELECTROWEAK STRINGS, ZERO MODES AND BARYON NUMBER

Authors
VACHASPATI T
Citation
T. Vachaspati, ELECTROWEAK STRINGS, ZERO MODES AND BARYON NUMBER, Nuclear physics. B, 1995, pp. 47-49
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Year of publication
1995
Supplement
43
Pages
47 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1995):<47:ESZMAB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The Dirac equations for leptons and quarks in the background of an ele ctroweak Z-string have zero mode solutions. If two loops of electrowea k string are linked, the zero modes on one of the loops interacts with the other loop via an Aharanov-Bohm interaction. The effects of this interaction are briefly discussed and it is shown that the fermions in duce a baryon number on linked loops of Z-string.