Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1995
Abstract
Z strings in the Weinberg-Salam model including fermions are unstable for all values of the parameters. The cause of this instability is the fermion vacuum energy in the Z-string background. Z strings with nonzero fermion densities, however, may still be stable. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
Recommended Citation
Naculich, Stephen G., "Fermions destabilize electroweak strings" (1995). Physics Faculty Publications. 155.
https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/physics-faculty-publications/155
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