ON THE POSSIBILITY OF SPINORIAL QUANTIZATION IN THE SKYRME MODEL

28 June 1993

journal article
Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in Modern Physics Letters A

Vol. 8 (20) , 1917-1924
https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217732393001641

Abstract

We consider the configuration space of the Skyrme model and give a simple proof that loops generated by 2π-rotations are contractible in the even-, and non-contractible in the odd-winding-number sectors.

Keywords

CONFIGURATION SPACE
SPINORIAL QUANTIZATION
SKYRME MODEL
CONTRACTIBLE
ODD WINDING
LOOPS GENERATED

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