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Knots in the Skyrme-Faddeev model

Sutcliffe, P.M.

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Abstract

The Skyrme–Faddeev model is a modified sigma model in three-dimensional space, which has string-like topological solitons classified by the integer-valued Hopf charge. Numerical simulations are performed to compute soliton solutions for Hopf charges up to 16, with initial conditions provided by families of rational maps from the three-sphere into the complex projective line. A large number of new solutions are presented, including a variety of torus knots for a range of Hopf charges. Often these knots are only local energy minima, with the global minimum being a linked solution, but for some values of the Hopf charge they are good candidates for the global minimum energy solution. The computed energies are in agreement with Ward's conjectured energy bound.

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Sutcliffe, P. (2007). Knots in the Skyrme-Faddeev model. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 463(2087), 3001-3020. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2007.0038

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Nov 8, 2007
Deposit Date Jan 8, 2008
Journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Print ISSN 1364-5021
Electronic ISSN 1471-2946
Publisher The Royal Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 463
Issue 2087
Pages 3001-3020
DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2007.0038
Keywords Knots, Skyrme-Faddeev, Hopf solitons, Skyrmions.


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