Self-dual non-Abelian Chern-Simons solitons
- 4 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (5) , 553-555
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.553
Abstract
We consider a self-dual SU(N) non-Abelian Chern-Simons theory with a scalar field in the fundamental representation. We study nontopological solitons in symmetric and asymmetric phases and show that they are at the threshold of stability against emission of elementary particles.Keywords
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