Solution

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For , choose the positive Bogomolny equation and constant angular orientation . Integrating gives
This interpolates from to , so . Its useful profiles are and . It obeys the second-order field equation because differentiating gives ; the angular field equation holds since is constant. Thus
Both and are collective coordinates: translation and global angular rotation do not change the energy. This static solution is the zero-charge member of the rotating charged kink in a spherical sigma model.

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