Sphaleron of a 4 dimensional SO(4) Higgs model
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✦ hep-th
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dimensionalenergyhiggsmodelsphaleronbarriercarriedchern-simons
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We construct the finite energy path between topologically distinct vacua of a 4 dimensional SO(4) Higgs model which is known to support an instanton, and show that there is a sphaleron with Chern-Simons number N_CS=1/2 at the top of the energy barrier. This is carried out using the original geometric loop construction of Manton.
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