Skyrmions and the α-particle model of nuclei

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2077, 2007, Pages 261-279

  Battye, Richard A ^a   Manton, Nicholas S ^b   Sutcliffe, Paul M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nuclei; Skyrmions; particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548565773     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1767     Document Type: Article

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