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Topological Q-Solitons

R. S. Ward

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/0302045

Abstract

Static topologically-nontrivial configurations in sigma-models, for spatial dimension D ≥ 2, are unstable. The question addressed here is whether such sigma-model solitons can be stabilized by steady rotation in internal space; that is, rotation in a global SO(2) symmetry. This is the mechanism which stabilizes Q-balls (non-topological solitons). The conclusion is that the Q-mechanism can stabilize topological solitons in D=2 spatial dimensions, but not for D=3.

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