Constructing a class of topological solitons in magnetohydrodynamics

Amy Thompson1, Joe Swearngin2, Alexander Wickes2

  • 1Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA and Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.

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