Self-gravitating spherical solutions of the nonminimally coupled non-Abelian Higgs model

Y. Brihaye, Y. Verbin

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Abstract

Motivated by the Higgs Inflation scenario, we study static spherically symmetric solutions of the non-Abelian Higgs model coupled nonminimally to gravity. We find solutions for the self-gravitating sphaleron as well as monopolelike solutions and study the impact of the nonminimal coupling on their properties. Finally, we discuss briefly the possibility that these solutions interact gravitationally with starlike objects such as boson stars.

Original languageEnglish
Article number064021
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume91
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Mar 2015

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