Topological and non-topological solitons in scalar field theories /

"Solitons emerge in various non-linear systems as stable localized configurations behaving in many ways like particles, from non-linear optics and condensed matter to nuclear physics to cosmology and supersymmetric theories"--

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Main Authors: Shnir, Yakov M
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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Summary: "Solitons emerge in various non-linear systems as stable localized configurations behaving in many ways like particles, from non-linear optics and condensed matter to nuclear physics to cosmology and supersymmetric theories"--
Carrier Form: xiv, 265 pages : illustratins ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-263) and index.
ISBN: 9781108429917
1108429912
Index Number: QC174
CLC: O413.1
Call Number: O413.1/S558
Contents: Sine-Gordon model -- Kinks in the models with polynomial potentials -- Non-topological solitons: Korteweg-de-Vries system -- Op3q non-linear sigma model -- Baby Skyrmions -- Q-balls -- Skyrmions -- Hopfions.