Topologically Alice strings and monopoles
@article{Benson2004TopologicallyAS, title={Topologically Alice strings and monopoles}, author={Katherine M. Benson and Tom D. Imbo}, journal={Physical Review D}, year={2004}, volume={70}, pages={025005} }
Symmetry breaking can produce ``Alice'' strings, which alter scattered charges and carry monopole number and charge when twisted into loops. Alice behavior arises algebraically, when strings obstruct unbroken symmetries\char22{}a fragile criterion. We give a topological criterion, compelling Alice behavior or deforming it away. Our criterion, that ${\ensuremath{\pi}}_{0}(H)$ acts nontrivially on ${\ensuremath{\pi}}_{1}(H),$ links topologically Alice strings to topological monopoles. We twist…
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