Non-Abelian Vortices in SO(N) and USp(N) Gauge Theories

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Non-Abelian BPS vortices in SO(N) x U(1) and USp(2N) x U(1) gauge theories are constructed in maximally color-flavor locked vacua.

• We study in detail their moduli and transformation properties under the exact symmetry of the system.
• Our results generalize non-trivially those found earlier in supersymmetric U(N) gauge theories.
• The structure of the moduli spaces turns out in fact to be considerably richer here than what was found in the U(N) theories.