Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018XE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:
We discuss a core instability of 't Hooft–Polyakov monopoles in Alice electrodynamics type of models in which charge conjugation symmetry is gauged. The monopole may deform into a toroidal defect which carries an Alice flux and a (non-localizable) magnetic Cheshire charge.