Toroidal Confugurations As Stable Solitons

TL;DR

This paper investigates the stability of torus-shaped knotted solitons in relativistic quantum field theories, exploring their potential as stable topological solutions.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of the simplest knotted soliton, the torus-shaped unknot, advancing understanding of stable solitonic configurations in quantum field theories.

Findings

Torus-shaped unknot can form stable solitons in certain relativistic quantum field theories.

Knot-like configurations may serve as stable topological solitons.

The study offers insights into the properties and stability conditions of knotted solitons.

Abstract

Previously we have proposed that in certain relativistic quantum field theories knotlike configurations may appear as stable solitons. Here we present a detailed investigation of the simplest knotted soliton, the torus-shaped unknot.