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Publications and source records attributed to Houari Merabet.
We find the general hyper-elliptic solutions to the two-component reduced Nahm equations proposed by Hitchin et al. Elliptic solutions are a special case and can appear only for specific values of the monopole charges.
A method of deriving solutions to Nahm's equations based on root structure of simple Lie algebras is given. As an illustration of this method the recently found solutions to Nahm's equations with tetrahedral and octahedral symmetries are shown to correspond to $A_2$ and $A_3$ root systems.
We study an extended Skyrme model which includes fourth and sixth-order terms. We explore some static properties like the $Δ$-nucleon mass splitting and investigate the Skyrmion breathing mode in the framework of the linear response theory. We find that the monopole response function has a pronounced peak located at $\sim$ 400 MeV, which we identify to the Roper resonance $N(1440)$. As compared to the standard one, the extended Skyrme model provides a more accurate description of baryon properties.