Generating the Bogomolny-Prasad-Sommerfield One-Monopole Solution by a Bäcklund Transformation

Peter Forgács, Zalán Horváth, and László Palla
Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 505 – Published 18 August 1980
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Abstract

It is shown that the Bogomolny equations for the simplest static, axially symmetric gauge fields are equivalent to the Ernst equation. The Bogolmolny-Prasad-Sommerfield one-monopole solution is obtained via Harrison's Bäcklund transformation.

  • Received 9 April 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.505

©1980 American Physical Society

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Peter Forgács

  • Central Research Institute for Physics, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary

Zalán Horváth and László Palla

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, Roland Eötvös University, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary

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Vol. 45, Iss. 7 — 18 August 1980

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