The dynamics of aloof baby skyrmions

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2016)145zbMATH Open1390.81719arXiv1511.03482OpenAlexW2178616879MaRDI QIDQ1638176FDOQ1638176

Authors: P. Salmi, Paul Sutcliffe 

Publication date: 12 June 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The aloof baby Skyrme model is a (2+1)-dimensional theory with solitons that are lightly bound. It is a low-dimensional analogue of a similar Skyrme model in (3+1)-dimensions, where the lightly bound solitons have binding energies comparable to nuclei. A previous study of static solitons in the aloof baby Skyrme model revealed that multi-soliton bound states have a cluster structure, with constituents that preserve their individual identities due to the short-range repulsion and long-range attraction between solitons. Furthermore, there are many different local energy minima that are all well-described by a simple binary species particle model. In this paper we present the first results on soliton dynamics in the aloof baby Skyrme model. Numerical field theory simulations reveal that the lightly bound cluster structure results in a variety of exotic soliton scattering events that are novel in comparison to standard Skyrmion scattering. A dynamical version of the binary species point particle model is shown to provide a good qualitative description of the dynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.03482

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zbMATH Keywords

sigma modelssolitons monopoles and instantons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35)

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