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It has been observed numerically that multisoliton solutions in topological theories contain holes-regions where the topological charge density vanishes. In this paper I present a topological argument for the existence of such holes. The generic map that describes B solitons in d space dimensions will exhibit B — 1 zeros of dimension d — 2. Some properties of the holes are discussed.
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Kugler, M. (2000). Holes in the Charge Density of Topological Solitons. In: MacKenzie, R., Paranjape, M.B., Zakrzewski, W.J. (eds) Solitons. CRM Series in Mathematical Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1254-6_13
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