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Extended skyrme models in even dimensions and higher-dimensional solitons II: Wess-Zumino terms in two and higher dimensions

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We investigate Wess-Zumino terms in higher-dimensional nonlinear sigma models using the higher-dimensional hedgehog ansatz proposed by us. The gauged Wess-Zumino terms are also calculated from a fermion determinant, and we comment on extended objects or a dibaryon ansatz.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Kyushu University 33, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    Kazuyuki Fujii

  2. Department of Physics, Niigata University, 950-21, Niigata, Japan

    Hiroto So & Misako Suwa

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Partially supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, No. 61460005.

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Fujii, K., So, H. & Suwa, M. Extended skyrme models in even dimensions and higher-dimensional solitons II: Wess-Zumino terms in two and higher dimensions. Letters in Mathematical Physics 15, 151–158 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00397836

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