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Domain wall solution of the Skyrme model

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Chang-Guang Shi, Minoru Hirayama

High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 20 Feb 2006 · 9 references

Pith's reading: A Skyrme domain-wall solution is claimed, but the parameter choice c^2/a^2 = 0.724872 does not satisfy the paper's factorization condition, so the existence proof fails as written.

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CitationChang-Guang Shi, Minoru Hirayama. "Domain wall solution of the Skyrme model." arXiv:hep-th/0602196 (2006). https://pith.science/paper/DFJ33MNP
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The paper claims

A Skyrme domain-wall solution is claimed, but the parameter choice c^2/a^2 = 0.724872 does not satisfy the paper's factorization condition, so the existence proof fails as written.

The reading

The Skyrme model is a field theory of pions and baryons, with fields valued in SU(2). Most of its soliton solutions are known only numerically. This paper starts from a family of exact solutions the authors found earlier, in which certain dot products of the field vectors are controlled by the Weierstrass elliptic function. Because the Jacobi sine function sn(u,k) becomes tanh(u) when k=1, the authors try to reach a domain-wall configuration by letting two of the elliptic invariants collide, e1 approaches e2. In that limit the relevant function is proportional to tanh squared, which is flat far from a plane. The quartic part of the energy density would vanish far from the wall, while the quadratic part becomes constant. The baryon density is localized near the wall but integrates to zero, so the configuration is not topologically stable.

The nontrivial part is showing that a set of constants a^2, b^2, c^2 exists that realizes this limit. The authors reduce the condition to a factorized polynomial, Eq. (3.30), and claim the only acceptable positive solution is c^2/a^2 = 0.724872. Direct substitution of this value into the printed factors does not give zero, and with the printed coefficients the factorized equation appears to have no positive solution at all, since all listed coefficients are negative. If correct, that removes the parameter set on which the whole construction rests. There is also a typo in the displayed formula for beta, which does not equal the stated numerical value. These are algebraic breakdowns, not physical ones, but they are load-bearing.

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Core claim

The paper claims to obtain analytically a class of domain-wall-like solutions of the Skyrme model, realized by the limit e1 to e2 in which K(omega) becomes -2e2 + 3e2 tanh^2(chi). It states: 'We have shown that there indeed exists a set (|a|,|b|,|c|) realizing e1 to e2 and K(omega) to e3 + (e2 - e3)[Tanh(...)]^2.' If true, the quartic energy term vanishes at infinity and the baryon density is localized near a plane, while the quadratic energy term tends to a nonzero constant.

Load-bearing premise

The derivation assumes Eq. (3.30), y(p0 x + p1 y)(q0 x^2 + 8 q1 x y + 8 q2 y^2)^2 = 0, admits a positive root y = tau x with the printed coefficients. Substituting tau approximately 0.724872 gives p0 + p1 tau approximately -2.62 and q0 + 8 q1 tau + 8 q2 tau^2 approximately -2.15, so no positive root exists as written. This algebraic premise, not the tanh limit itself, is what fails.

Original abstract

A class of domain-wall-like solutions of the Skyrme model is obtained analytically. They are described by the tangent hyperbolic function, which is a special limit of the Weierstrass $\wp$ function. The behavior of one of the two terms in the static energy density is like that of a domain wall. The other term in the static energy density does not vanish but becomes constant at the points far apart from the wall.

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A class of domain-wall-like solutions of the Skyrme model is obtained analytically. They are described by the tangent hyperbolic function, which is a special limit of the Weierstrass $\wp$ function. The behavior of one of the two terms in the static energy density is like that of a domain wall. The other term in the static energy density does not vanish but becomes constant at the points far apart from the wall.

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s1 They are described by the tangent hyperbolic function, which is a special limit of the Weierstrass $\wp$ function. result 0.79 0.61 0.14 asserted 1.00
s2 The behavior of one of the two terms in the static energy density is like that of a domain wall. result 0.84 0.83 0.17 asserted 0.99
s3 The other term in the static energy density does not vanish but becomes constant at the points far apart from the wall. result 0.98 0.85 0.10 asserted 1.00

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Figure 1. FIG. 1: Behavior of
Figure 2. FIG. 2: Behavior of
Figure 3. FIG. 3: Static energy densities
Figure 4. FIG. 4: Static energy densities
Figure 5. FIG. 5: Total static energy
Figure 6. FIG. 6: Baryon number density

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