Solitonic fullerene structures in light atomic nuclei

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2000-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0012215v3

Phys.Rev.Lett. 86 (2001) 3989-3992

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

4 pages, version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3989

The Skyrme model is a classical field theory which has topological soliton solutions. These solitons are candidates for describing nuclei, with an identification between the numbers of solitons and nucleons. We have computed numerically, using two different minimization algorithms, minimum energy configurations for up to 22 solitons. We find, remarkably, that the solutions for seven or more solitons have nucleon density isosurfaces in the form of polyhedra made of hexagons and pentagons. Precisely these structures arise, though at the much larger molecular scale, in the chemistry of carbon shells, where they are known as fullerenes.

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