Skyrmions, rational maps, and scaling identities

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Journal of Mathematical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3566530· OSTI ID:21501294

Charalampidis, E G; Ioannidou, T A ^[1]; Manton, N S ^[2]

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1. Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computational Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki (Greece)
2. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)

Starting from approximate Skyrmion solutions obtained using the rational map ansatz, improved approximate Skyrmions are constructed using scaling arguments. Although the energy improvement is small, the change of shape clarifies whether the true Skyrmions are more oblate or prolate.

• OSTI ID: 21501294
• Journal Information: Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 52, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3566530; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0022-2488
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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POTENTIALS
QUASI PARTICLES