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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.

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@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