Non-Abelian Global Vortices
arXiv:0903.1528 · doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.06.013
Abstract
We study topologically stable non-Abelian global vortices in the U(N) linear sigma model. The profile functions of the solutions are numerically obtained. We investigate the behaviour of vortices in two limits in which masses of traceless or trace parts of massive bosons are much larger than the others. In the limit that the traceless parts are much heavier, we find a somewhat bizarre vortex solution carrying a non-integer U(1) winding number 1/\sqrt{N} which is irrational in general.
28 pages, 6 figures