Q-KINKS

被引:130
作者
ABRAHAM, ERC
TOWNSEND, PK
机构
[1] DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)90122-K
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Certain (4, 4)-supersymmetric (1 + 1)-dimensional sigma-models admit a scalar potential. We exhibit models of this type for which there are static particle-like solutions stabilized by a three-vector topological charge Q. These solutions form a special class of (generally time-dependent) "Q-kink" solutions stabilized by a quaternionic charge Q = (Q0, Q), where Q0 is a Noether charge. Q-kinks saturate a Bogomol'nyi-type bound and break half the supersymmetry. As solutions of a four-dimensional field theory they constitute examples of type II supermembranes.
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