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A classification ofSU 3 magnetic monopoles

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A classification scheme is proposed forSU 3 magnetic monopoles when the Higgs fields lie in the adjoint representation. The scheme is based on a study of the second homotopy groups of the orbit spaces.

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  1. J. Madore

    Present address: Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Institut Henri Poincaré, 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75231, Paris Cedex 5, France

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Madore, J. A classification ofSU 3 magnetic monopoles. Commun.Math. Phys. 56, 115–123 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01611498

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