Knot solitons

Authors
Govindarajan, TR
Citation
Tr. Govindarajan, Knot solitons, MOD PHY L A, 13(39), 1998, pp. 3179-3184
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
02177323 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
39
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3179 - 3184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(199812)13:39<3179:KS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The existence of ring-like and knotted solitons in O(3) nonlinear a-model i s analyzed. The role of isotopy of knots/links in classifying such solitons is pointed out. Appearance of torus knot solitons is seen.