Chains of Skyrmions
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-01-16 v1
Abstract
Skyrme chains are topologically-nontrivial solutions of the Skyrme model which are (quasi-)periodic in one spatial direction. We report numerical and analytic investigations which show that such solutions exist. Chains of 1-skyrmions are reasonably well approximated both as parallel vortex-antivortex pairs, and in terms of the holonomy of Yang-Mills calorons. As the period increases, the 1-skyrmions clump together, for example giving chains of 2-skyrmions or 4-skyrmions.
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@article{arxiv.0807.3870,
title = {Chains of Skyrmions},
author = {Derek Harland and R. S. Ward},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3870},
year = {2009}
}
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16 pages, 3 figures