Zero-fermion modes in models with spontaneous symmetry-breaking
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 12 (12) , L343-L346
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/12/12/005
Abstract
It is shown that zero-fermion modes exist in the external field with non-zero topological charge in Weinberg-Salam type models. An explicit expression for the zero modes is found in a particular case. Some physical consequences of the existence of the zero modes are discussed.Keywords
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