A simplified model for monopole catalysis of nucleon decay

Citation
Y. Brihaye et al., A simplified model for monopole catalysis of nucleon decay, THEOR MATH, 128(3), 2001, pp. 1140-1154
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
THEORETICAL AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00405779 → ACNP
Volume
128
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1140 - 1154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-5779(200109)128:3<1140:ASMFMC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We present a simple model where a nucleon is treated as a skyrmion, both th e monopole and skyrmion are smooth solutions of the classical field equatio ns, the baryon number nonconservation is explicitly built in and is due to the classical analogue of the triangle anomaly v, and there is no necessity to consider leptons. We show by numerical analysis that there are no stati c classical solutions with a nonzoro baryon number oil top of the monopole, i.e., that the monopole catalysis of skyrmion decay indeed proceeds classi cally.