Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 041601 (2002) [4 pages]Topological Solitons from Deconstructed Extra DimensionsReceived 10 September 2001; published 11 January 2002 A topological monopolelike field configuration exists for Yang-Mills gauge fields in 4+1 dimensions. When the extra dimension is compactified to 3+1 dimensions with periodic lattice boundary conditions, these objects reappear in the low-energy effective theory as a novel solution, a gauged-bosonic Skyrmion. When the low-energy theory spontaneously breaks, the Nambu-Goldstone mode develops a vacuum expectation value, and the gauged-bosonic Skyrmion morphs into a 't Hooft–Polyakov monopole. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.041601
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.041601
PACS:
11.10.Kk, 11.10.Lm, 11.15.-q, 11.27.+d
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