SELF-DUAL NON-ABELIAN VORTICES IN A PHI(2) CHERN-SIMONS THEORY

Citation
A. Antillon et al., SELF-DUAL NON-ABELIAN VORTICES IN A PHI(2) CHERN-SIMONS THEORY, Physics letters. Section B, 359(3-4), 1995, pp. 327-333
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
359
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
327 - 333
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)359:3-4<327:SNVIAP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We study a non-Abelian Chem-Simons gauge theory in 2 + 1 dimensions wi th the inclusion of an anomalous magnetic interaction. For a particula r relation between the Chem-Simons (CS) mass and the anomalous magneti c coupling the equations for the gauge fields reduce from second- to f irst-order differential equations of the pure CS type. We derive the B ogomol'nyi-type or self-dual equations for a Phi(2) scalar potential, when the scalar and topological masses are equal. The corresponding vo rtex solutions carry magnetic flux that is not quantized due to the no n-topological nature of the solitons. However, as a consequence of the quantization of the CS term, both the electric charge and angular mom entum are quantized.