Skyrmion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Skyrmion is a noun meaning (physics, solid state physics) A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.
Meaning
(physics, solid state physics) A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.
More Meanings
- (physics, solid state physics, string theory) Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
Example Sentences
No conclusive results are available yet; the hope is that the skyrmion would be stabilized at R#92;approx#92;lambda#95;c, where the gradient expansion breaks down and yet the skyrmion may still carry the quark quantum numbers.
The properties of nuclear matter at high densities have been investigated in many ways. Castillejo et al. studied Skyrmion matter by placing SU(2) hedgehog Skyrmions on a lattice and show that the deconfinement phase transition and the chiral symmetry restoration occur above a critical density [11].
Word Forms
- skyrmions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include skyrmionium, skyrmionics, nanoskyrmion, antiskyrmion, solitonics, complexiton.
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