The dynamics of aloof baby Skyrmions

Salmi, P.; Sutcliffe, P.M.

doi:10.1007/jhep01(2016)145

The dynamics of aloof baby Skyrmions

Salmi, P.; Sutcliffe, P.M.

Authors

P. Salmi

Professor Paul Sutcliffe p.m.sutcliffe@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

The aloof baby Skyrme model is a (2+1)-dimensional theory with solitons that are lightly bound. It is a low-dimensional analogue of a similar Skyrme model in (3+1)-dimensions, where the lightly bound solitons have binding energies comparable to nuclei. A previous study of static solitons in the aloof baby Skyrme model revealed that multi-soliton bound states have a cluster structure, with constituents that preserve their individual identities due to the short-range repulsion and long-range attraction between solitons. Furthermore, there are many different local energy minima that are all well-described by a simple binary species particle model. In this paper we present the first results on soliton dynamics in the aloof baby Skyrme model. Numerical field theory simulations reveal that the lightly bound cluster structure results in a variety of exotic soliton scattering events that are novel in comparison to standard Skyrmion scattering. A dynamical version of the binary species point particle model is shown to provide a good qualitative description of the dynamics.

Citation

Salmi, P., & Sutcliffe, P. (2016). The dynamics of aloof baby Skyrmions. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016(1), Article 145. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282016%29145

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jan 9, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jan 25, 2016
Publication Date	Jan 25, 2016
Deposit Date	Feb 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Feb 15, 2016
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN	1126-6708
Publisher	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2016
Issue	1
Article Number	145
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282016%29145
Keywords	Solitons Monopoles and Instantons, Sigma Models.

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