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Fermions, Skyrmions and the 3-sphere

Goatham, S.W., Krusch, Steffen (2010) Fermions, Skyrmions and the 3-sphere. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 43 (3). 035402-035419. ISSN 1751-8113. (doi:10.1088/1751-8113/43/3/035402) (KAR id:23536)

Abstract

This paper investigates a background charge one Skyrme field chirally coupled to light fermions on the 3-sphere. The Dirac equation for the system commutes with a generalized angular momentum or grand spin. It can be solved explicitly for a Skyrme configuration given by the hedgehog form. The energy spectrum and degeneracies are derived for all values of the grand spin. Solutions for non-zero grand spin are each characterized by a set of four polynomials. The paper also discusses the energy of the Dirac sea using zeta-function regularization.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1088/1751-8113/43/3/035402
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics > QC174.12 Quantum theory
Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA377 Partial differential equations
Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA372 Ordinary differential equations
Q Science > QC Physics > QC20 Mathematical Physics
Q Science > QC Physics > QC174.12 Quantum theory > QC174.26.W28 Topological solitons
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Depositing User: Steffen Krusch
Date Deposited: 09 Jul 2010 08:34 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:01 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/23536 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Goatham, S.W..

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Krusch, Steffen.

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