HOPF SOLITON SOLUTIONS FROM LOW ENERGY EFFECTIVE ACTION OF SU(2) YANG–MILLS THEORY
The Skyrme–Faddeev–Niemi (SFN) model which is an O(3) σ-model in three-dimensional space up to fourth-order in the first derivative is regarded as a low-energy effective theory of SU(2) Yang–Mills theory. One can show from the Wilsonian renormalization group argument that the effective action of Yang–Mills theory recovers the SFN in the infrared region. However, the theory contains another fourth-order term which destabilizes soliton solutions. We find the stable soliton solutions in this extended action, introducing a second derivative term as a stabilizer. A perturbative technique for the second derivative term is applied to exclude (or reduce) the ill behavior of the action. A new topological energy bound formula is inferred for the action.