@article{f261a4f2066348378dcc6ad4875a5a76,
title = "Spin vortices in the Abelian-Higgs model with cholesteric vacuum structure",
abstract = "We continue the study of U(1) vortices with cholesteric vacuum structure. A new class of solutions is found which represent global vortices of the internal spin field. These spin vortices are characterized by a non-vanishing angular dependence at spatial infinity, or winding. We show that despite the topological Z2 behavior of SO(3) windings, the topological charge of the spin vortices is of the Z type in the cholesteric. We find these solutions numerically and discuss the properties derived from their low energy effective field theory in 1 + 1 dimensions.",
keywords = "Cholesteric liquid, Effective field theory, Spin vortex",
author = "Peterson, {Adam J.} and Mikhail Shifman and Gianni Tallarita",
note = "Funding Information: The work of A.P. is supported by the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. The work of M.S. is supported in part by DOE Grant Number De-Sc0011842 . G.T. is funded by Fondecyt Grant Number 3140122 . The Centro de Estudios Cientficos (CECS) is funded by the Chilean Government through the Centers of Excellence Base Financing Program of Conicyt. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2015",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.aop.2015.10.012",
language = "English",
volume = "363",
pages = "515--532",
journal = "Annals of Physics",
issn = "0003-4916",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}