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Knots as stable soliton solutions in a three-dimensional classical field theory

Battye, Richard A., Sutcliffe, Paul M. (1998) Knots as stable soliton solutions in a three-dimensional classical field theory. Physical Review Letters: Moving Physics Forward, 81 (22). pp. 4798-4801. ISSN 0031-9007. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4798) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:17577)

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Abstract

We examine in detail recent claims that knotlike structures exist in a simple classical field theory which are stabilized by the Hopf charge. We present minimum energy configurations for changes one to eight generated numerically. It is found that the solutions exhibit. spectacular variety of behavior including closed loops, linked loops, and, most interestingly, knots. [S0031-9007(98)07755-2].

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4798
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Depositing User: I. Ghose
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2009 21:00 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:55 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/17577 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Sutcliffe, Paul M..

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