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Baby Skyrmion in two-component holographic superfluids

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-08-15 v3 Quantum Gases

Abstract

In the two-component Ginzburg-Landau theory of superfluidity, a pair of fractional vortices form a composite type of topological defect, usually referred to as a baby skyrmion. In this paper, we initiate the construction of such a baby skyrmion in the holographic model of two-component superfluids. As a result, two types of baby skyrmion configurations are found, where the monopole-type of one is constructed directly by solving the static equations of motion while the dipole-type of one is obtained by resorting to the time evolution method. In addition, we find that the existence of these two types of baby skyrmion depends on the inter-component coupling, reminiscent of the situation in the baby skyrmion model.

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@article{arxiv.2210.12490,
  title  = {Baby Skyrmion in two-component holographic superfluids},
  author = {Shunhui Yao and Yu Tian and Peng Yang and Hongbao Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.12490},
  year   = {2023}
}

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version to appear in JHEP