Intercommutation of Semilocal Strings and Skyrmions

DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.041602zbMath1228.81276arXivhep-th/0604177OpenAlexW2076383019WikidataQ51920044 ScholiaQ51920044MaRDI QIDQ3107816

Tanmay Vachaspati, Richard A. Matzner, Vishnu Natchu, Pablo Laguna

Publication date: 26 December 2011

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0604177

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15)

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