Topological and non-topological solitons in scalar field theories /
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First Statement of Responsibility
Yakov M. Shnir (Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Moscow).
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2018.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource
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Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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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Topological and non-topological solitons in scalar field theories.