The nucleon as a topological chiral soliton

Journal Article · Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 1984 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.34367· OSTI ID:5958686

Rho, M

Through topology, baryon charge ''leaks'' from a confinement region into a meson-cloud region. This suggests that there is a sort of topological equivalence principle which renders the Skyrmion description with a zero bag radius physically equivalent to the chiral bag description with a non-zero bag radius. The issue as to whether future nuclear physics experiments will reveal a ''smoking-gun'' evidence for a quark presence in nuclei is discussed in light of this recently discovered topological structure.

• Research Organization: Service de Physique Theorique, CEN Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
• OSTI ID: 5958686
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Vol. 110:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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