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    Scaling Identities for Solitons beyond Derrick's Theorem

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    New integral identities satisfied by topological solitons in a range of classical field theories are presented. They are derived by considering independent length rescalings in orthogonal directions, or equivalently, from the conservation of the stress tensor. These identities are refinements of Derrick's theorem.Comment: 10 page

    The dynamics of vortices on S^2 near the Bradlow limit

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    The explicit solutions of the Bogomolny equations for N vortices on a sphere of radius R^2 > N are not known. In particular, this has prevented the use of the geodesic approximation to describe the low energy vortex dynamics. In this paper we introduce an approximate general solution of the equations, valid for R^2 close to N, which has many properties of the true solutions, including the same moduli space CP^N. Within the framework of the geodesic approximation, the metric on the moduli space is then computed to be proportional to the Fubini- Study metric, which leads to a complete description of the particle dynamics.Comment: 17 pages, 9 figure

    The Energy of Scattering Solitons in the Ward Model

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    The energy density of a scattering soliton solution in Ward's integrable chiral model is shown to be instantaneously the same as the energy density of a static multi-lump solution of the \CP^3 sigma model. This explains the quantization of the total energy in the Ward model.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure

    Volume of Vortex Moduli Spaces

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    A gas of NN Bogomol'nyi vortices in the Abelian Higgs model is studied on a compact Riemann surface of genus gg and area AA. The volume of the moduli space is computed and found to depend on N,gN, g and AA, but not on other details of the shape of the surface. The volume is then used to find the thermodynamic partition function and it is shown that the thermodynamical properties of such a gas do not depend on the genus of the Riemann surface.Comment: LaTex file, 17 pages. To appear in Comm. Math. Phy

    Soliton Creation with a Twist

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    We consider soliton creation when there are "twist" degrees of freedom present in the model in addition to those that make up the soliton. Specifically we consider a deformed O(3) sigma model in 1+1 dimensions, which reduces to the sine-Gordon model in the zero twist sector. We study the scattering of two or more breather solutions as a function of twist, and find soliton creation for a range of parameters. We speculate on the application of these ideas, in particular on the possible role of magnetic helicity, to the production of magnetic monopoles, and the violation of baryon number in nuclear scattering experiments.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
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