Skyrmions and monopoles — isolated and arrayed

Ward, R.S.

Abstract

There are two basic types of three-dimensional topological soliton, namely skyrmions and monopoles. This article reviews some of the features of such solitons, concentrating on static multi-skyrmions and multi-monopoles with structure group SU(2), and focusing in particular on periodic arrays. An isolated multi-skyrmion typically has a regular, for example polyhedral, structure; and there are multi-monopoles which look very similar. However, when it comes to infinite arrays of solitons — chains, walls or crystals — then the skyrmion and monopole systems behave rather differently.

Citation

Ward, R. (2011). Skyrmions and monopoles — isolated and arrayed. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 284(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/284/1/012005

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Apr 5, 2011
• Deposit Date: Oct 29, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 28, 2014
• Journal: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
• Print ISSN: 1742-6588
• Electronic ISSN: 1742-6596
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 284
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/284/1/012005