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Selected Works of Efstathios Charalampidis
Article
Skyrmions, Rational Maps & Scaling Identities
Journal of Mathematical Physics
  • E. G. Charalampidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • T. A. Ioannidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • N. S. Manton, University of Cambridge
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Publication Date
2010
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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This is harvested from arXiv. The published version is located at http://arxiv.org/pdf/1012.3778v1.pdf.

Pages
14
Citation Information
E. G. Charalampidis, T. A. Ioannidou and N. S. Manton. "Skyrmions, Rational Maps & Scaling Identities" Journal of Mathematical Physics Vol. 52 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/efstathios-charalampidis/9/