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In a hypothetical Grand Unified Theory, magnetic monopoles are a particle which would act as a charge carrier for the magnetic force. Evidence of magnetic monopoles has yet to be found and based off of their relatively high mass (4-10

In a hypothetical Grand Unified Theory, magnetic monopoles are a particle which would act as a charge carrier for the magnetic force. Evidence of magnetic monopoles has yet to be found and based off of their relatively high mass (4-10 TeV) will be difficult to find with current technology. The goal of my thesis is to mathematically model the magnetic monopole by finding numerical solutions to the equations of motion. In my analysis, I consider four cases: kinks, cosmic strings, global monopoles, and magnetic monopoles. I will also study electromagnetic gauge fields to prepare to include gauge fields in the magnetic monopole case. Numerical solutions are found for the cosmic string and global monopole cases. As expected, the energy is high at small distance r and drops off as r goes to infinity. Currently numerical solutions are being worked towards for electromagnetic gauge fields and the magnetic monopole case.

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    • Mathematically Modeling the Magnetic Monopole
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    2022-05
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