skyrmion

Noun

skyrmion (plural skyrmions)

1. (solid state physics, string theory) Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
   • No conclusive results are available yet; the hope is that the skyrmion would be stabilized at R#92;approx#92;lambda#95;c, where the gradient expansion breaks down and yet the skyrmion may still carry the quark quantum numbers.1985, William A. Bardeen, Alan R. White, editors, Symposium on Anomalies, Geometry, Topology, World Scientific, page 502
   • The properties of nuclear matter at high densities have been investigated in many ways. Castillejo et al. studied Skyrmion matter by placing SU(2) hedgehog Skyrmions on a lattice and show that the deconfinement phase transition and the chiral symmetry restoration occur above a critical density [11].1998, Physics Letters: B., Volume 430, Part 2, North-Holland Publishing Company, page 169
2. (solid state physics) A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.

   Synonyms:

   magnetic skyrmion