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In this paper the domain wall solutions of a Ginzburg-Landau non-linear \( {\mathbb{S}}^2 \)-sigma hybrid model are exactly calculated. There exist two types of basic domain walls and two families of composite domain walls. The domain wall solutions have been identified by using a Bogomolny arrangement in a system of sphero-conical coordinates on the sphere \( {\mathbb{S}}^2 \). The stability of all the domain walls is also investigated.
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Alonso-Izquierdo, A., Balseyro Sebastián, A.J. & González León, M.A. Domain walls in a non-linear \( {\mathbb{S}}^2 \)-sigma model with homogeneous quartic polynomial potential. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 23 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2018)023
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