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Skyrmions on the Two-Sphere

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We study static solutions of the Skyrme model on the two-sphere of radius L, for various choices of potential. The high-density Skyrmion phase corresponds to the ratio beta=L/(size of Skyrmion) being small, whereas the low-density phase corresponds to beta being large. The transition between these two phases, and in particular the behaviour of a relevant order parameter, is examined.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0103046,
  title  = {Skyrmions on the Two-Sphere},
  author = {M. de Innocentis and R. S. Ward},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0103046},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Nonlinearity

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