The Multifaceted Skyrmion

by Brown, Gerald E.; Rho, Mannque

• ISBN13: 9789814280693
• ISBN10: 9814280690
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-31
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This is a sequel to the World Scientific volume edited by Gerald E Brown in 1994 entitled Selected Papers, with Commentary, of Tony Hilton Royle Skyrme”. There has been a series of impressive developments in the application of the skyrmion structure to wide-ranging physical phenomena. The first volume was mainly focused on the rediscovery of the skyrmion in 1983 in the context of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and on its striking role in nuclear physics. Since 1994, skyrmions have been found to play an even greater role not only in various aspects of particle physics and astrophysics but also most remarkably in condensed matter physics. It is also proving to be fruitful in dense hadronic matter relevant to compact stars, a system difficult to access by other approaches. The recent discovery of holographic baryons in gravity/gauge duality which correspond to skyrmions in the infinite tower of vector mesons provides a valuable confrontation of string theory with nature, particularly in the regime of strong coupling that QCD proper has difficulty in accessing. This volume consists of contributions from the active researchers who have made important progress in these three areas of theoretical physics — condensed matter physics, nuclear and particle physics, and string theory.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Introduction	p. xiii
Hadrons and Nuclear Matter	p. 1
Skyrmions and Nuclei	p. 3
Electromagnetic Form Factors of the Nucleon in Chiral Soliton Models	p. 41
Exotic Baryon Resonances in the Skyrme Model	p. 57
Heavy-Quark Skyrmions	p. 91
Skyrmion Approach to Finite Density and Temperature	p. 115
Half-Skyrmion Hadronic Matter at High Density	p. 147
Superqualitons: Baryons in Dense QCD	p. 165
Rotational Symmetry Breaking in Baby Skyrme Models	p. 179
Condensed Matter	p. 215
Spin and Isospin: Exotic Order in Quantum Hall Ferromagnets	p. 217
Noncommutative Skyrmions in Quantum Hall Systems	p. 233
Skyrmions and Merons in Bilayer Quantum Hall System	p. 269
Spin and Pseudospin Textures in Quantum Hall Systems	p. 291
Half-Skyrmion Theory for High-Temperature Superconductivity	p. 311
Deconfined Quantum Critical Points	p. 333
String Theory	p. 345
Skyrmion and String Theory	p. 347
Holographic Baryons	p. 367
The Cheshire Cat Principle from Holography	p. 393
Baryon Physics in a Five-Dimensional Model of Hadrons	p. 403
Author Index	p. 435
Subject Index	p. 437
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