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hopfions

hopfions is the plural of hopfion.

Meaning of hopfion

Noun

hopfion (plural hopfions)

  1. A knot in a three-dimensional continuous unit vector field that cannot be unknotted without cutting
    • Importantly, we find that the hopfion can be stabilized in a simple parabolic trap, without the need for trap rotation or inhomogeneous interactions.2015, R.N. Bisset, Wenlong Wang, C. Ticknor, R. Carretero-Gonzalez, D.J. Frantzeskakis, L.A. Collins, P.G. Kevrekidis, “Robust Vortex Lines, Vortex Rings and Hopfions in 3D Bose-Einstein...

Questions about hopfions

What is hopfions the plural of?
Hopfions is the plural of hopfion.

Words near hopfions in the dictionary

  1. Hopfield network
  2. Hopfield networks
  3. hopfields
  4. hopfion
  5. hopfionic
  6. hopfions
  7. Hopfs
  8. Hopgood
  9. Hopgoods
  10. hophead
  11. hopheads

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