Published March 3, 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

The quantum skyrmion in representations of general dimension

  • 1. Inst. of Theor. Phys. and Astron., Vilnius (Lithuania)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki (Finland)

Description

The representations of general dimension are constructed for the SU(2) Skyrme model, treated quantum mechanically ab initio. This quantum Skyrme model has a negative mass term correction that is not present in the classical Hamiltonian. The magnitude of the quantum mechanical mass correction increases with the dimension of the representation of the SU(2) group. In the case of a 5-dimensional representation it is possible to obtain satisfactory predictions for the nucleon mass with the empirical value for the pion decay constant. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
614
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 361-372.
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL