@article{Ward2004SkyrmionsAF,
author={Richard Samuel Ward},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={2004},
volume={70},
pages={061701}
}
• R. S. Ward
• Published 28 July 2004
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• Physical Review D
This paper describes a natural one-parameter family of generalized Skyrme systems, which includes the usual SU(2) Skyrme model and the Skyrme-Faddeev system. Ordinary Skyrmions resemble polyhedral shells, whereas the Hopf-type solutions of the Skyrme-Faddeev model look like closed loops, possibly linked or knotted. By looking at the minimal-energy solutions in various topological classes, and for various values of the parameter, we see how the polyhedral Skyrmions deform into looplike Hopf…

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