Simulations of magnetic monopole collisions
In this paper, we investigate the scattering of Bogomolny-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) magnetic monopoles through numerical simulations. We present an ansatz for various multimonopole configurations suitable for analyzing monopole scattering processes. Our study includes planar scattering scenarios involving two, three, and four monopoles, as well as nonplanar processes where three and four monopoles form intermediate tetrahedral and cubic states, respectively. Our observations align with the theoretical predictions of the moduli space approximation. Furthermore, we extend our analysis to relativistic velocities and explore parameters beyond the BPS limit.
Authors
- Juan Sebastián Valbuena-Bermúdez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5458-4740)
- Gia Dvali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6252-3411)
- Josef Seitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0066-3553)
- Maximilian Bachmaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8772-2839)
Institutions
- Institute for High Energy Physics (ES)
- Max Planck Institute for Physics (DE)
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.075014
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.61
Funders
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- Centres de Recerca de Catalunya
- European Commission
- Minerva Foundation
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Israel Science Foundation
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- University of the East
- Institut de Física d'Altes Energies
- European Regional Development Fund
- H2020 European Research Council