Abstract
We show the existence of self-dual semilocal nontopological vortices in a Chern-Simons (CS) theory. The model of scalar and gauge fields with a SU(2×U(1 symmetry includes both the CS term and an anomalous magnetic contribution. It is demonstrated here that the vortices are stable or unstable according to whether the vector topological mass κ is less than or greater than the mass m of the scalar field. At the boundary κ=m, there is a two-parameter family of solutions all saturating the self-dual limit. The vortex solutions continuously interpolate between a ring-shaped structure and a flux tube configuration.
- Received 11 July 1994
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.51.4533
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