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Annihilation of electroweak dumbbells

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arxiv 2311.00026 v1 pith:X6HIRC4A submitted 2023-10-31 hep-ph hep-th

Annihilation of electroweak dumbbells

classification hep-ph hep-th
keywords dumbbellsdecaymagneticannihilationdependsdumbbellelectroweakenergy
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We study the annihilation of electroweak dumbbells and the dependence of their dynamics on initial dumbbell length and twist. Untwisted dumbbells decay rapidly while maximally twisted dumbbells collapse to form a compact sphaleron-like object, before decaying into radiation. The decay products of a dumbbell include electromagnetic magnetic fields with energy that is a few percent of the initial energy. The magnetic field from the decay of twisted dumbbells carries magnetic helicity with magnitude that depends on the twist, and handedness that depends on the decay pathway.

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