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skyrmion

topological soliton in certain nonlinear sigma models
Class type of: elementary particle, hypothetical baryon, baryon Q1041630

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
elementary particle, type of quantum particle[5]
Subclass of
elementary particle, hypothetical baryon, baryon
Defining formula
\mathcal L=-\frac14 f^2\operatorname{tr}(L_\mu L^\mu)+\frac1{32g^2}\operatorname{tr}[L_\mu,L_\nu][L^\mu,L^\nu]\qquad(L_\mu=U^\dagger\partial_\mu U)
In defining formula
\mathcal L, U, f, g, [,], \operatorname{tr}
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[9]
Named after
Tony Skyrme[6]
Studied by
particle physics[8]
Time of discovery or invention
1961[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en skyrmion it Skyrmione ja スキルミオン ko 스커미온 ru Скайрмион ru скирмион uk Скайрміон zh 斯格明子
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh92004403
GND ID
4242058-1
OpenAlex ID
C88020606
BabelNet ID
00506719n
Freebase ID
/m/04s55l
J9U entity ID
987007532389205171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
88020606
NLab ID
skyrmion
Stack Exchange tag
physics.stackexchange.com
Yale LUX ID
concept/a97fe58d-baf0-4825-ab0e-8c786a61abc3

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 2
elementary particle, baryon
Instance of 1
elementary particle
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Named after 1
Tony Skyrme
Studied by 1
particle physics
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Summary

skyrmion is an elementary particle[1]. skyrmion is a type of elementary particle[2], hypothetical baryon[3], and baryon[4].

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  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → elementary particle, type of quantum particle
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Named after → Tony Skyrme
    Subclass of → elementary particle, hypothetical baryon, baryon
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007532389205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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