Nuclear force in the Skyrme model: Quasistatic approach

The dynamics of two-skyrmion systems is studied in the quasistatic approach. The quasistatic approach enables us to formulate the collective-coordinate quantization of two-skyrmion systems consistently with the 1/Nc expansion. By constructing quasistatic field configurations for two largely separated skyrmions, their energies are computed for three independent relative orientations of the skyrmions in the isospin space. The obtained energies are much lower than those for the product approximation. In particular, the repulsion in the two-pion range is considerably reduced. (orig.)