Published October 15, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Color Skyrmions in the quark-gluon plasma

  • 1. Physics Department, City College of the CUNY, New York, New York 10031 (United States)

Description

We consider the general formulation of non-Abelian fluid dynamics based on symmetry considerations. We point out that, quite generally, this admits solitonic excitations which are the color analog of Skyrmions. Some general properties of the solitons are discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 085014-085014.6
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38039263
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COLOR MODEL; EXCITATION; FLUID MECHANICS; QUARK MATTER; SKYRME POTENTIAL; SOLITONS; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; MECHANICS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON POTENTIAL; PARTICLE MODELS; POTENTIALS; QUARK MODEL; QUASI PARTICLES

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