Published July 25, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Fermions coupled to skyrmions on S3

  • 1. Department of Pure Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT (United Kingdom)

Description

This paper discusses skyrmions on the 3-sphere coupled to fermions. The resulting Dirac equation commutes with a generalized angular momentum G. For G = 0 the Dirac equation can be solved explicitly for a constant Skyrme configuration and also for a SO(4) symmetric hedgehog configuration. We discuss how the spectrum changes due to the presence of a non-trivial winding number, and also consider more general Skyrme configurations numerically

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/36/8141/a32918.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
29
Journal Page Range
p. 8141-8163
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5