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Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 1897–1900 (1986)

Deuteron as a Soliton in the Skyrme Model

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Eric Braaten and Larry Carson*
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201

Received 20 September 1985; published in the issue dated 5 May 1986

The energy in the baryon-number-2 sector of the Skyrme model is shown to be minimized by a localized static soliton solution. If this solution has a particular discrete symmetry, the lowestenergy state of the soliton can have the spin, isospin, and parity quantum numbers of the deuteron. This identification is supported by approximate calculations of its charge radius and its magnetic and quadrupole moments.

© 1986 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.1897
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.1897
PACS:
21.40.+d, 11.10.Lm, 11.40.Fy, 14.20.Pt

*Current address: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455.