Solitons and Other Extended Field Configurations
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Article for the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, to be published by Elsevier. Covers kinks & breathers, sigma-models & Skyrmions, abelian-Higgs vortices, monopoles, Yang-Mills instantons, and Q-balls.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0505135,
title = {Solitons and Other Extended Field Configurations},
author = {R. S. Ward},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0505135},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
13 pages. Article for Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics