Simulated annealing for generalized Skyrme models

Abstract

We use a simulated annealing algorithm to find the static field configuration with the lowest energy in a given sector of topological charge for generalized SU(2) Skyrme models. These numerical results suggest that the following conjecture may hold: the symmetries of the soliton solutions of extended Skyrme models are the same as for the Skyrme model. Indeed, this is verified for two effective Lagrangians with terms of order six and order eight in derivatives of the pion fields respectively for topological charges B=1 up to B=4. We also evaluate the energy of these multi-skyrmions using the rational maps ansatz. A comparison with the exact numerical results shows that the reliability of this approximation for extended Skyrme models is almost as good as for the pure Skyrme model. Some details regarding the implementation of the simulated annealing algorithm in one and three spatial dimensions are provided.

14 pages, 6 figures, added 2 references

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