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A nonsingular localized static classical solution is constructed for standard Einstein gravity coupled to an $SO(3)\times SO(3)$ chiral model of scalars (Skyrme model). This solution corresponds to a spacetime defect and its construction…
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The Faddeev-Skyrme model, a modified O(3) nonlinear sigma model in three space dimensions, is known to admit topological solitons that are stabilized by the Hopf charge. The Faddeev-Skyrme model is also related to the low-energy limits of…
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