hopfions

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A form of hopfion — A knot in a three-dimensional continuous unit vector field that cannot be unknotted without cutting

Scrabble 16

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noun
  1. pluralplural of hopfion

    Furthermore, deep in the Thomas-Fermi regime, we investigate the particle-like behavior of vortex rings and hopfions..

    2015, R.N. Bisset, Wenlong Wang, C. Ticknor, R. Carretero-Gonzalez, D.J. Frantzeskakis, L.A. Collins, P.G. Kevrekidis, “Robust Vortex Lines, Vortex Rings and Hopfions in 3D Bose-Einstein Condensates”, in arXiv

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