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This page contains animations showing two types of interactions
between
SU(5) domain
walls and magnetic monopoles.
In the interaction of the first type the monopoles are swept by the
domain walls which have
the full SU(5) symmetry restored in their core. Such walls are known
as kinks. You can view
the animated evolution of the potential
energy density of the monopole plus domain wall
configuration as well as the magnetic
energy density. In this simulation the wall is
moving
with a velocity of 0.8c. For a more detailed description and other
results please refer to the paper.
As we have shown in our paper
the kink formed during the SU(5) xZ2-> SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1)
symmetry breaking is always unstable. Instead, a different kind of
domain walls must form, with the
symmetry inside the core being less than that of the vacuum. The
interaction
of such a wall with a magnetic
monopole would depend on the particular embedding of the monopole in
SU(5) as well as its relative
orientation in the internal space. Here we present a
situation
when the monopole passes through the wall.
You can see the evolution of the potential
energy density and the magnetic
energy density.
If you have questions about the animations or the papers e-mail
Levon
Pogosian or Tanmay
Vachaspati
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