Skyrmions, Rational Maps & Scaling Identities
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-03-29 v1 Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
Abstract
Starting from approximate Skyrmion solutions obtained using the rational map ansatz, improved approximate Skyrmions are constructed using scaling arguments. Although the energy improvement is small, the change of shape clarifies whether the true Skyrmions are more oblate or prolate.
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@article{arxiv.1012.3778,
title = {Skyrmions, Rational Maps & Scaling Identities},
author = {E. G. Charalampidis and T. A. Ioannidou and N. S. Manton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.3778},
year = {2011}
}
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13 pages, 3 figures