Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 363 - 366 (1997)Symmetric Skyrmions
R. A. Battye1 and P. M. Sutcliffe2 Received 6 February 1997 We present candidates for the global minimum energy solitons of charge 5 to 9 in the Skyrme model generated using sophisticated numerical algorithms. The solitons found are particularly symmetric; for example, the charge seven skyrmion has icosahedral symmetry, and the shapes are shown to fit a remarkable sequence defined by a geometric energy minimization (GEM) rule. ©1997 The American Physical Society
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