Generalized Skyrme model with the loosely bound potential

TL;DR

This paper extends the Skyrme model by including a sixth-order derivative term and a loosely bound potential, achieving lower classical binding energies and analyzing their effects on physical properties.

Contribution

It introduces a generalized Skyrme model with additional terms and demonstrates reduced binding energies using the rational map approximation.

Findings

Classical binding energies as low as 1.8%

Binding energies with spin-isospin quantization as low as 5.3%

Contribution of the sixth-order derivative term to electric charge density and axial coupling

Abstract

We study a generalization of the loosely bound Skyrme model which consists of the Skyrme model with a sixth-order derivative term - motivated by its fluid-like properties - and the second-order loosely bound potential - motivated by lowering the classical binding energies of higher-charged Skyrmions. We use the rational map approximation for the Skyrmion of topological charge B=4, calculate the binding energy of the latter and estimate the systematic error in using this approximation. In the parameter space that we can explore within the rational map approximation, we find classical binding energies as low as 1.8% and once taking into account the contribution from spin-isospin quantization we obtain binding energies as low as 5.3%. We also calculate the contribution from the sixth-order derivative term to the electric charge density and axial coupling.