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noun
Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: solid state physics; string theory; solid state physics; string theory
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: solid state physics
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: magnetic skyrmion
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History
Blend of Skyrme + fermion, after British physicist Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), who proposed the mathematical structure as a model of the nucleon in 1961.
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