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A Yang-Mills-Higgs monopole of charge 2

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A new static, purely magnetic Yang-Mills-Higgs monopole solution is presented. It is axisymmetric and has a topological charge of 2; the charge is located at a single point.

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    R. S. Ward

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Ward, R.S. A Yang-Mills-Higgs monopole of charge 2. Commun.Math. Phys. 79, 317–325 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01208497

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