Recent Developments in the Skyrme Model

Abstract

In this talk, we describe recent developments in the Skyrme model. Our main focus is on discussing various effects which need to be taken into account, when calculating the properties of light atomic nuclei in the Skyrme model. We argue that an important step is to understand "spinning Skyrmions" and discuss the theory of relative equilibria in this context.

9 pages, 1 figure. Talk given at 15th International Seminar on High Energy Physics: Quarks - 2008, Sergiev Posad, Russia, 23-29 May 2008

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