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We present a semi-classical description of BPS monopoles interacting with Wilson lines. The Wilson lines are represented as non-Abelian spin impurities. These spins interact with the monopole degrees of freedom through a natural connection on the moduli space. We employ this technology in \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 SU(2) gauge theory to count the number of framed BPS states of a single monopole bound to Wilson lines in different representations.
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Tong, D., Wong, K. Monopoles and Wilson lines. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 48 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)048
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