Symmetric Skyrmions

1997/02/11 by Richard A. Battye, Richard Battye, Paul Sutcliffe · 14 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications #Nuclear physics research studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.79.363

published as Phys.Rev.Lett. 79 (1997) 363-366 · latex, 9 pages, 1 figure (fig1.gif)

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Abstract

We present candidates for the global minimum energy solitons of charge 5 to 9 in the Skyrme model generated using sophisticated numerical algorithms. The solitons found are particularly symmetric; for example, the charge seven skyrmion has icosahedral symmetry, and the shapes are shown to fit a remarkable sequence defined by a geometric energy minimization (GEM) rule.

Citations

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