In this paper, we will describe recent advances in analytical methods to
construct exact solutions of the Skyrme model (and its generalizations)
representing inhomogeneous Hadronic condensates living at finite Baryon
density. Such novel analytical tools are based on the idea to generalize the
well known spherical hedgehog ansatz to situations (relevant for the analysis
of finite density effects) in which there is no spherical symmetry anymore.
Besides the intrinsic mathematical interest to find exact solutions with
non-vanishing Baryonic charge confined to a finite volume, this framework opens
the possibility to compute important physical quantities which would be
difficult to compute otherwise.Comment: Accepted for publication in MPLA; 33 pages, 2 figure