Dynamics of antibaryon-baryon annihilation in the Skyrme model

Abstract

We examine the dynamics of a baryon number zero lump in the Skyrme picture, as a model for annihilation in the $\bar{N}N$ system. We find that radiation propagates at the causal limit as a localized pulse and that the linearized theory gives a good approximation. Both of these results are contrary to findings in the Sine-Gordon model.

9 pages, 4 eps figs, UPR-0125 MT. standard LaTeX using epsf style (new version of figs.)