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The Skyrme crystal, a solution of the Skyrme model, is the lowest energy-per-charge configuration of skyrmions seen so far. Our numerical investigations show that, as the period in various space directions is changed, one obtains various other configurations, such as a double square wall, and parallel vortex-like solutions. We also show that there is a sudden “phase transition” between a Skyrme crystal and the charge 4 skyrmion with cubic symmetry as the period is gradually increased in all three space directions.
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Silva Lobo, J. Deformed Skyrme crystals. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 29 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2010)029
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2010)029