CALCULATION OF THE MASS OF A GENERALIZED MONOPOLE

A numerical analysis of the second member of a hierarchy of SU(2) Higg s models, the first member of which is the Georgi-Glashow model in the Prasad-Sommerfield limit, is presented. The model supports non-self-d ual monopole solutions. The masses of these monopoles are computed as functions of 3 dimensionless coupling constants in the model, and it i s found that for certain values of the coupling constants the monopole is very close to the self-dual field configuration. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.