Nonminimal Maxwell-Chern-Simons-O(3)-sigma vortices: asymmetric potential case

TL;DR

This paper investigates a nonlinear gauged O(3)-sigma model with minimal and nonminimal couplings, revealing topological and non-topological soliton solutions in the Bogomol'nyi limit using an asymmetric potential.

Contribution

It introduces a novel analysis of solitons in a gauged O(3)-sigma model with asymmetric potential and combined couplings, expanding understanding of such solutions.

Findings

Existence of topological and non-topological solitons

Solutions found in the Bogomol'nyi limit

Model includes both minimal and nonminimal couplings

Abstract

In this work we study a nonlinear gauged O(3)-sigma model with both minimal and nonminimal coupling in the covariant derivative. Using an asymmetric scalar potential, the model is found to exhibit both topological and non-topological soliton solutions in the Bogomol'nyi limit.