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  • noun physics A topological soliton used in the mathematical modelling of baryons.

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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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