Understanding the 1-Skyrmion
arXiv:math-ph/0505043
Abstract
It is shown how the appearance of the 1-skyrmion on the three-sphere of radius L can be understood quantitatively by analyzing spectrum of the Hessian at the identity solution. Previously, this analysis was done qualitatively by N. Manton which used a conformal deformation of the identity solution.
Manuscript for the proceedings of the Conference: "QCD and High Energy Hadronic Interactions" La Thuile, Italy, March 2005