Published June 23, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Soliton surfaces: Pt. 4

Creators

  • 1. Warsaw Univ. (Poland). Inst. Fizyki Teoretycznej

Description

It is shown that one can introduce a topological charge N for all soliton systems corresponding to the reduction r = -q of the ZS-AKNS spectral problem with an analytic at zeta = 0 dispersion relation. Geometrically, N is a total curvature for a closed smooth curve in the compactified R2. Topologically, N is a degree of some map S1 →S1. Physical interpretations of N are also discussed

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
Topological charge for ''nontopological'' solitons

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Lett. Nuovo Cim.
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
8
Series
Lett. Nuovo Cim.
Journal Page Range
225-231
ISSN
0024-1318

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
Italy
INIS RN
16046921
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GEOMETRY; GROUP THEORY; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SOLITONS; SURFACES; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS; QUASI PARTICLES