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Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, 1999, Volume 226, Pages 232–239
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Interacting Knots
A. J. Niemi Uppsala University
Abstract:
We study geometrical aspects of the interaction of knotlike solitons in the Faddeev model. We argue that the splitting and joining of two solitons is a local process governed by a four-point vertex. The interaction preserves the linking number but in general both the twist and the writhe can change, which suggests that supercoiled states will be present.
Received in April 1999
Citation:
A. J. Niemi, “Interacting Knots”, Mathematical physics. Problems of quantum field theory, Collection of papers dedicated to the 65th anniversary of academician Lyudvig Dmitrievich Faddeev, Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklova, 226, Nauka, MAIK «Nauka/Inteperiodika», M., 1999, 232–239; Proc. Steklov Inst. Math., 226 (1999), 217–224
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