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020			_a9781800612488 _q(ebook)
020			_a1800612486 _q(ebook)
020			_z9781800612471 _q(hbk.)
020			_z1800612478 _q(hbk.)
040			_aWSPC _beng _cWSPC
050		4	_aQC793.3.S8 _bM36 2022
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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aManton, Nicholas, _d1952-
245	1	0	_aSkyrmions : _ba theory of nuclei / _cNicholas S. Manton.
260			_aHackensack, N.J. : _bWorld Scientific, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource (324 p.)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Fields and particles -- Lagrangians and symmetries -- Skyrme theory -- Quantization of Skyrmions -- Skyrmions with higher B : massless pions -- Rigid-body Skyrmion quantization -- Skyrmions with higher B : massive pions -- Quantized Skyrmions with even B [less than or equal to] 12 -- Skyrmion deformations and vibrations -- Modelling oxygen-16 -- Modelling calcium-40 -- Electromagnetic transition strengths -- Variants of Skyrme theory -- The Sakai-Sugimoto model.
520			_a"Skyrmions - A Theory of Nuclei surveys 60 years of research into the brilliant and imaginative idea of Tony Skyrme that atomic nuclei can be modelled as topologically stable states, known as Skyrmions, in an effective quantum field theory of pions. Skyrme theory emerges as a low-energy approximation to the more fundamental theory of quarks and gluons - quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Skyrmions give spatial structure to the protons and neutrons inside nuclei, and capture the interactions of these basic particles, allowing them to partially merge. Skyrme theory also gives a topological explanation for the conservation of baryon number, a fundamental principle of physics. The book summarises the particle and field theory background, then presents Skyrme field theory together with the mathematics needed to understand it. Many beautiful and surprisingly symmetric Skyrmions are described and illustrated in colour. Quantized Skyrmion motion models the momentum, energy and spin of nuclei, and also their isospin, the quantum number distinguishing protons and neutrons. Skyrmion vibrations also need to be quantized, and the book reviews how the complicated energy spectra of several nuclei, including Carbon-12 and Oxygen-16, are accurately modelled by rotational/vibrational states of Skyrmions. A later chapter explores variants of Skyrme theory, incorporating mesons heavier than pions, and extending the basic theory to include particles like kaons that contain strange quarks. The final chapter introduces the Sakai-Sugimoto model, which relates Skyrmions to gauge theory instantons in a higher-dimensional framework inspired by string theory"-- _cPublisher's website.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
650		0	_aSkyrme model.
650		0	_aAtomic structure.
650		0	_aTopology.
650		0	_aNuclear physics _xHistory.
650		0	_aQuantum theory _xHistory.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0368#t=toc
942			_cE-BOOK
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