title: Dual instantons
abstract: We show how to map the Belavin-Polyakov instantons of the O(3)-nonlinear sigma model to a dual theory where they then appear as nontopological solitons. They are stationary points of the Euclidean action in the dual theory, and moreover, the dual action and the O(3)-nonlinear sigma model action agree on shell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA.
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authors.lastname: Pinzul
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authors.lastname: Stern