Planar and linear solitons in superfluid 3He
Abstract
A means of classifying the planar and linear topological textures in superfluid phases of 3He by taking into account the effects of both magnetic field and boundary conditions is described. The method of the conventional homotopic groups is applied. The structure and stability of various solitons is considered in detail. This method may be applied to the description of topologically stable solitons in other ordered systems.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- October 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.18.3197
- Bibcode:
- 1978PhRvB..18.3197M