skyrmion
skyrmion · skyrmions
Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain…Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
Meaning
2 sensesAny of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Blend of Skyrme + fermion, after British physicist Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), who proposed tBlend of Skyrme + fermion, after British physicist Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), who proposed the mathematical structure as a model of the nucleon in 1961.
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