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- noun physics A
topological soliton used in themathematical modelling ofbaryons .
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Tony Skyrme (1922-1987), its originator, and -ion (as if to rhyme with fermion).
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Confocal polarizing microscopy and computer simulations reveal their equilibrium internal structures, manifesting both skyrmion-like and Hopf fibration features.
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Confocal polarizing microscopy and computer simulations reveal their equilibrium internal structures, manifesting both skyrmion-like and Hopf fibration features.
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