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SUMMARY:Topological Solitons from Geometry - Dunajski\, M (University of C
 ambridge)
DTSTART:20121207T104000Z
DTEND:20121207T112000Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Solitons are localised non-singular lumps of energy which desc
 ribe particles non perturbatively. Finding the solitons usually involves  
 solving nonlinear differential  equations\, but I shall show that in some 
  cases the solitons emerge directly from the underlying space-time geometr
 y: certain abelian vortices arise from surfaces of constant mean curvature
  in Minkowski space\, and skyrmions can be constructed from the holonomy o
 f gravitational instantons.\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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