Fermionic quantization of Hopf solitons

DOI10.1007/S00220-005-1469-4zbMATH Open1233.81031arXivhep-th/0503067OpenAlexW2134739406MaRDI QIDQ984477FDOQ984477

Authors: J. M. Speight, S. Krusch 

Publication date: 19 July 2010

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we show how to quantize Hopf solitons using the Finkelstein-Rubinstein approach. Hopf solitons can be quantized as fermions if their Hopf charge is odd. Symmetries of classical minimal energy configurations induce loops in configuration space which give rise to constraints on the wave function. These constraints depend on whether the given loop is contractible. Our method is to exploit the relationship between the configuration spaces of the Faddeev-Hopf and Skyrme models provided by the Hopf fibration. We then use recent results in the Skyrme model to determine whether loops are contractible. We discuss possible quantum ground states up to Hopf charge Q=7.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0503067

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences (58E50)

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