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Physics Letters B

Volume 314, Issue 2, 16 September 1993, Pages 159-162
Physics Letters B

The Skyrme model of the spin-orbit force,☆☆

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Abstract

We examine the derivation of the spin-orbit force from the Skyrme model. We find substantial agreement with phenomenological potentials. We show that a systematic and simultaneous treatment of all components of the kinetic energy introduces a minus sign relative to previous calculations for the isospin independent part of the interaction. We also explain the smallness of the isospin dependent part of the spin-orbit potential.

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This research was supported in part by the US National Science Foundation.

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This research was supported in part by the US National Science Foundation.

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Address after 1 September 1993: Institüt für theoretische Physik III, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, W-91058 Erlangen, Germany.

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