arXiv:0810.1142·v1·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Electroweak Sphalerons with Spin and Charge
Burkhard Kleihaus🇩🇪 · Jutta Kunz🇩🇪 · Michael Leissner🇩🇪
Abstract
We show that, at finite weak mixing angle the sphaleron solution of Weinberg-Salam theory can be endowed with angular momentum proportional to the electric charge. Carrying baryon number 1/2 these sphalerons with spin and charge may contribute to baryon number violating processes.
Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures