Soliton Creation with a Twist

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Author: Vachaspati, Tanmay
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 06.09.2011
• Subjects: Deformation; Helicity; Magnetic monopoles; Nuclear scattering; Physics - High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; Physics - High Energy Physics - Theory; Physics - Other Condensed Matter

We consider soliton creation when there are "twist" degrees of freedom present in the model in addition to those that make up the soliton. Specifically we consider a deformed O(3) sigma model in 1+1 dimensions, which reduces to the sine-Gordon model in the zero twist sector. We study the s...