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Dimension analysis in Derrick theorem
The following image is taken from p. 85 in the textbook Topological Solitons by N. Manton and P.M. Sutcliffe:
What I don't understand from the above statement:
why $e(\mu)$ has minimum for ...
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Derrick’s theorem
Consider a theory in $D$ spatial dimensions involving one or more scalar fields $\phi_a$, with a Lagrangian density of the form
$$L= \frac{1}{2} G_{ab}(\phi) \partial_\mu \phi_a \partial^\mu \phi_b- ...