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Multifaceted Skyrmion (2nd Ed)

by Rho Mannque

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Skyrmions across physics

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Skyrmions across physics

This collection traces the reach of Skyrme’s proposal that fermions can emerge from bosons through topological solitons. Its review chapters connect that idea to nuclear and astrophysics, particle physics, string theory, and condensed matter, showing how topology links problems that arise in very different physical settings and spacetime dimensions. The book also examines skyrmion descriptions drawn from gauge theory and gauge/gravity duality, including their use in addressing questions at high baryonic density and in explaining proposed phenomena in condensed-matter systems. This second edition adds reviews and updates its coverage of developments in the field.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Suitable for readers with an interest in theoretical and nuclear physics.
  • A reference for those exploring skyrmions across multiple areas of physics.
  • Of interest to readers studying topology’s role in physical models.

Themes

Skyrmions and topological solitonsNuclear and particle physicsGauge theory and gauge/gravity dualityCondensed matter physicsTopology across physical systems

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Book overview

This book presents, in the form of reviews by world's leading physicists in wide-ranging fields in theoretical physics, the influence and prescience of Skyrme's daring idea of 1960, originally conceived for nuclear physics, that fermions can arise from bosons via topological solitons, pervasively playing a powerful role in wide-ranging areas of physics, from nuclear/astrophysics, to particle physics, to string theory and to condensed matter physics.

The skyrmion description, both from gauge theory and from gauge/gravity duality, offers solutions to some long-standing and extremely difficult problems at high baryonic density, inaccessible by QCD proper. It also offers explanations and makes startling predictions for fascinating new phenomena in condensed matter systems. In both cases, what is at the core is the topology although the phenomena are drastically different, even involving different spacetime dimensions.

This second edition has been expanded with addition of new reviews and extensively updated to take into account the latest developments in the field.

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