Battye, Richard A., Sutcliffe, Paul M. (2001) Solitonic Fullerene Structures in Light Atomic Nuclei. Physical Review Letters: Moving Physics Forward, 86 (18). pp. 3989-3992. ISSN 0031-9007. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3989) (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:7976)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3989 |
Abstract
The Skyrme model is a classical field theory which has topological soliton solutions. These solitons are candidates for describing nuclei, with an identification between the numbers of solitons and nucleons. We have computed numerically, using two different minimization algorithms, minimum energy configurations for up to 22 solitons. We find, remarkably, that the solutions for seven or more solitons have nucleon density isosurfaces in the form of polyhedra made of hexagons and pentagons. Precisely these structures arise, though at the much larger molecular scale, in the chemistry of carbon shells, where they are known as fullerenes.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3989 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | SKYRME MODEL; SYMMETRY |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science |
Depositing User: | Judith Broom |
Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2008 17:04 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 09:45 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/7976 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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