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arxiv: hep-ph/9410226 · v2 · submitted 1994-10-05 · ✦ hep-ph

Intercommutation of Z-string loops violates baryon number

classification ✦ hep-ph
keywords baryonhelicityloopsnumberviolatesz-stringaveragedchanges
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We show that delinking of Z-string loops changes helicity and thus violates baryon number. The key point is that an unlinked vortex loop can not be twisted. Helicity of an eventual magnetic twist when averaged in time is zero.

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