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Knots in the Skyrme-Faddeev model (2007)
Journal Article
Sutcliffe, P. (2007). Knots in the Skyrme-Faddeev model. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 463(2087), 3001-3020. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2007.0038

The Skyrme–Faddeev model is a modified sigma model in three-dimensional space, which has string-like topological solitons classified by the integer-valued Hopf charge. Numerical simulations are performed to compute soliton solutions for Hopf charges... Read More about Knots in the Skyrme-Faddeev model.

Skyrmions and the alpha-particle model of nuclei (2007)
Journal Article
Battye, R., Manton, N., & Sutcliffe, P. (2007). Skyrmions and the alpha-particle model of nuclei. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 463(2077), 261-279. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2006.1767

We compute new solutions of the Skyrme model with massive pions. Concentrating on baryon numbers which are multiples of four, we find low-energy Skyrmion solutions that are composed of charge four subunits, as in the alpha-particle model of nuclei. W... Read More about Skyrmions and the alpha-particle model of nuclei.