We discuss SU(2) Bogomolny monopoles of arbitrary charge k invariant under various symmetry groups. The analysis is largely in terms of the spectral curves, the rational maps, and the Nahm equations associated with monopoles. We consider monopoles invariant under inversion in a plane, monopoles with cyclic symmetry…
The study connects monopole chains to Higgs bundles and classifies symmetric chains.
problem Classifying symmetric monopole chains invariant under cyclic actions.
method Formulation of a correspondence between monopole chains and spectral data, using the Nahm transform.
result Classification of symmetric monopole chains of charge k.
Study on JNR monopoles, focusing on their spectral curves and energy density.
problem Understanding JNR monopoles and their spectral curves.
method Analysis of spectral curves, rational maps, and holomorphic spheres.
result Established conditions for a spectral curve to be a JNR monopole and derived a formula for energy density at infinity.
Study of large mass limits of G2 and Calabi-Yau monopoles on specific manifolds.
problem Understanding the behavior of monopoles in the large mass limit on G2 and Calabi-Yau manifolds.
method Developed a structure theory for the limit of SU(2) G2-monopoles and Calabi-Yau monopoles, extracting singular abelian G2-monopoles with Dirac singularities. result Proved an energy identity for monopole bubbles in the large mass limit.
Researchers found examples of G2-monopoles with singularities.
problem Understanding singularities of G2-monopoles on compact manifolds. method Provided examples of monopoles with Dirac type singularities and non-Dirac type singularities.
result Found examples of monopoles with Dirac type singularities and non-Dirac type singularities.
We define and study certain hyperkaehler manifolds which capture the asymptotic behaviour of the SU(2)-monopole metric in regions where monopoles break down into monopoles of lower charges. The rate at which these new metrics approximate the monopole metric is exponential, as for the Gibbons-Manton metric.
We discuss the spectral curves and rational maps associated with SU(2) Bogomolny monopoles of arbitrary charge k. We describe the effect on the rational maps of inverting monopoles in the plane with respect to which the rational maps are defined, and discuss the monopoles invariant under such inversion. We define t…
We classify hyperbolic monopoles with continuous symmetries and construct new examples.
problem Classifying and constructing hyperbolic monopoles with continuous symmetries.
method Developed a Structure Theorem and used representation theory to simplify the problem.
result Found constraints on structure groups and constructed novel spherically symmetric Sp(n) hyperbolic monopoles. Study shows instantons and monopoles decompose into U(1) components.
problem Understanding the asymptotic structure of instantons and monopoles.
method Analysis of multi-centered Taub-NUT manifolds, calorons, and monopoles on R^3.
result Instantons and monopoles asymptotically decompose into U(1) components.
Study periodic monopoles via algebraic difference modules.
problem Classify periodic monopoles of GCK type.
method Relate geometric monopoles to algebraic difference modules.
result Established a Kobayashi-Hitchin correspondence for periodic monopoles.
Study contact structures and sutured monopole Floer homology, computing and deriving formulas.
problem Understanding the relationship between contact structures and sutured monopole Floer homology.
method Exploring contact elements under Floer excisions, computing sutured monopole Floer homology, and deriving formulas.
result Obtained exact triangles and connected sum formulas for sutured monopole Floer homology.
Paper constructs maps for sutured monopole Floer homology.
problem None explicitly stated in the abstract.
method Constructs gluing and cobordism maps for sutured monopole Floer homology.
result Developed mathematical tools for sutured monopole Floer homology.
Researchers create BPS monopoles with any desired symmetry breaking.
problem Creating monopoles with specific symmetry breaking patterns.
method Using a new class of Nahm data to construct finite energy BPS monopoles.
result Arbitrary symmetry breaking monopoles can be constructed.
Classifies charge-3 monopoles with symmetry, identifying new spectral curves.
problem Classifying charge-3 monopoles with symmetry.
method Constructing Nahm data and identifying spectral curves with elliptic quotients.
result New monopole spectral curves with D6 and V4 symmetry identified. Proves a new skein exact triangle for real monopole Floer homology.
problem None explicitly stated; focuses on proving a new mathematical structure.
method Introduces a new exact triangle for real monopole Floer homology.
result Proves an unoriented skein exact triangle for real monopole Floer homology.
Study finds a specific submanifold in monopole moduli space.
problem Understanding the structure of moduli spaces of monopoles.
method Analyzes a 4k/2-dimensional submanifold within a larger 4k-4-dimensional space.
result Identifies a complete hyperkähler submanifold of a specific dimension.
Develops twistorial approach to define monopoles on R^5.
problem Defining monopoles on R^5.
method Twistorial approach, spectral curves, and generalized Nahm's equations.
result Found a new system of equations for monopoles on R^5.
Researchers compactify magnetic monopole moduli spaces, revealing new metric properties.
problem Understanding the moduli space of SU(2) magnetic monopoles.
method Constructing a partial compactification of the moduli space, M_k, and analyzing the hyperKahler metric.
result The leading term of the asymptotic metric generalizes known results for monopoles of charge 1.
Existence of non-trivial monopoles on 3-spheres proven.
problem Existence of non-trivial SU(2)-monopoles on 3-manifolds.
method Gluing construction to prove existence on rational homology 3-spheres.
result Existence of non-trivial irreducible SU(2)-monopoles with Dirac singularities.
New gauge condition fixes L2 metric divergence in hyperbolic monopole spaces.
problem Divergence of L2 metric on hyperbolic monopole moduli spaces. method Alternative gauge-fixing condition inspired by supersymmetry.
result Resulting geometry is hyperbolic hyperkähler, analogous to Euclidean monopole spaces.
Abstract relates G2 instantons to Seiberg-Witten monopoles.
problem Understanding the connection between G2 instantons and Seiberg-Witten monopoles.
method Relates Seiberg-Witten monopoles, Fueter sections, and G2 instantons.
result Describes a conjectural relation between G2 instantons and Seiberg-Witten monopoles.
Compactifies SU(2) monopole moduli spaces, proving part of Sen's conjecture.
problem Proving part of Sen's conjecture for L2 cohomology of moduli spaces.
method Compactifications of moduli spaces of SU(2) monopoles on R3, leading order asymptotic expansions of hyperKaehler metrics.
result Proves part of Sen's conjecture for the L2 cohomology of strongly centered moduli spaces.
G2-Monopoles are solutions to gauge theoretical equations on noncompact 7-manifolds of G2 holonomy. We shall study this equation on the 3 Bryant-Salamon manifolds. We construct examples of G2-monopoles on two of these manifolds, namely the total space of the bundle of anti-self-dual two forms over the $\ma…
We show that many hyperbolic monopoles can be distinguished from each other via their asymptotic values in contrast to the case of Euclidean monopoles.
Singular monopoles are nonabelian monopoles with prescribed Dirac-type singularities. All of them are delivered by the Nahm's construction. In practice, however, the effectiveness of the latter is limited to the cases of one or two singularities. We present an alternative construction of singular monopoles formulated i…
Develops invariants for webs and foams using Seiberg-Witten theory.
problem Computing invariants for complex geometric structures.
method Monopole Floer homology with orbifold singularities.
result New invariants for webs and foams.
We associate to an SU(2) hyperbolic monopole a holomorphic sphere embedded in projective space and use this to uncover various features of the monopole.
On a complete manifold, such as Euclidean 3-space or hyperbolic 3-space, the limit at infinity of the norm of the Higgs field is called the mass of the monopole. We show the existence, on hypebolic 3-space, of monopoles with given magnetic charge and arbitrary mass. Previously, aside from charge one monopoles, existenc…
Study monopole h-invariants from a topological viewpoint.
problem Understanding the h-invariants of 3-manifolds.
method Using Lidman and Manolescu's description of monopole Floer homology.
result Prove several properties of the h-invariants.
Monopole dynamics linked to crystal volumes via moduli space geometry.
problem Understanding the motion of monopoles and their impact on crystal structures.
method Relating geodesic motion on a hyperkaehler moduli space to crystal volume calculations.
result Established a connection between monopole dynamics and crystal volume via moduli space geometry.
We construct periodic monopoles (with singularities), i.e. monopoles on R2×S1 possibly singular at a finite collection of points, by gluing methods.
Study on monopoles with singularities on 3-folds, proving Fredholmness and calculating L2-indices.
problem Analyzing monopoles with Dirac-type singularities on 3-folds.
method Proving Fredholmness and calculating L2-indices of Dirac operators of monopoles. result Proved Fredholmness and calculated L2-indices of Dirac operators of monopoles with Dirac-type singularities. Derives a formula for fermion dimensions in spherically symmetric monopole backgrounds.
problem Calculating the dimension of the plane-wave normalizable kernel for massless fermions in spherically symmetric monopole backgrounds.
method Derives a formula for the dimension of the plane-wave normalizable kernel of the Dirac operator for fermions of any representation of SU(N) in the presence of any spherically symmetric monopole background.
result Derives a formula for the dimension of the plane-wave normalizable kernel of the Dirac operator.
In this expository review we discuss various aspects of gauge theory. While the focus is on mathematics, wherever possible we make contact with theoretical high energy physics. Particular emphasis is placed on instantons and monopoles, which admit physical interpretation, and yield interesting and nontrivial mathematic…
The study examines sequences of 3D generalised monopoles with uniform bounds.
problem Analyzing sequences of 3D generalised monopoles with uniform L2-norm bounds.
method Focus on Swann bundles and uniform lower bounds on hyperKahler potential.
result Convergent subsequences of generalised monopoles over compact subsets of Y' are found.
Explains connections between monopoles and modules on elliptic curves.
problem Understanding relationships between different mathematical objects.
method Explains equivalences between monopoles and polystable bundles and modules.
result Monopoles and polystable difference modules on elliptic curves are equivalent.
Local solutions to G2-monopole equations exist for any locally defined structures.
problem Finding local solutions to G2-monopole equations. method Local solutions exist for any locally defined G2-structure and Hermitian-Yang-Mills connection. result Local solutions are asymptotic to the HYM-connection.
We construct monopoles in any asymptotically conical (AC) 3-manifold X with b2(X)=0. For sufficiently large mass, our construction covers an open set in the moduli space of monopoles. We also give a more general construction of Dirac monopoles in any AC manifold, which may be useful for generalizing our result t…
Study on large mass monopoles focusing on their limiting behavior and properties.
problem Analyzing the limiting behavior of sequences of mSU(2) monopoles with large Yang--Mills--Higgs energies. method Bubbling analysis and finite cardinality bounds on the blow-up set and zero set.
result For large mass monopoles, the zero set and blow-up set coincide and are finite sets of points.
We construct the first nontrivial examples of Calabi-Yau monopoles. Our main interest on these, comes from Donaldson and Segal's suggestion \cite{Donaldson2009} that it may be possible to define an invariant of certain noncompact Calabi-Yau manifolds from these gauge theoretical equations. We focus on the Stenzel metri…
Study of Haydys monopoles using complexified Bogomolny equations.
problem Understanding the moduli space of Haydys monopoles and their geometric properties.
method Dimensional reduction of Haydys instanton equations to three dimensions; gluing construction.
result Smooth locus of Haydys monopoles on R3 forms a Kähler manifold containing a minimal Lagrangian submanifold. A quasiclassical method approximates magnetic monopole eigenvalues.
problem Describing eigenvalues of magnetic Laplacian in non-exact magnetic fields.
method Applying multidimensional WKB method to nontrivial line bundles.
result Demonstrated for Dirac magnetic monopole on a sphere.
Transforms instantons to monopoles for torus products.
problem Mapping instantons to monopoles for specific geometric setups.
method Nahm transform from instantons to monopoles, analyzing asymptotic behavior.
result Correspondence between instanton and monopole data.
Study of supersymmetric deformations and monopoles in Kahler geometry.
problem Deformation of N = 4 quantum mechanics with Kahler target space.
method Use of matrix-valued functions of the moment map obeying Nahm equations.
result Berry connection on vacuum bundle satisfies BPS monopole equations.
Study of continuous symmetries in Nahm data and BPS monopoles.
problem Solutions to Nahm's equations with continuous symmetries.
method Classification of Ansätze and construction of Nahm data.
result Construction of new BPS monopoles with spherical symmetry.
Study of Pin(2)-monopole Floer homology under connected sums.
problem Understanding Pin(2)-monopole Floer homology behavior under connected sums.
method Constructing a partially defined A-infinity module structure and using Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequences.
result Identify the Floer chain complex of a connected sum via an A-infinity tensor product of modules.
The study examines asymptotic properties of G2-monopoles on nonparabolic G2-manifolds.
problem Investigating the asymptotic behavior of G2-monopoles on nonparabolic G2-manifolds.
method Proof of finite mass for monopoles with bounded curvature on nonparabolic G2-manifolds; sharp decay estimates and convergence to pseudo-Hermitian--Yang--Mills connection on asymptotically conical G2-manifolds.
result Sharp decay estimates and convergence to pseudo-Hermitian--Yang--Mills connection on asymptotically conical G2-manifolds.
Study SO(3) vortices over orbifold Riemann surfaces and monopoles.
problem Characterize solutions of SO(3) monopole equations.
method Use moduli spaces of SO(3) vortices over orbifold Riemann surfaces.
result Compute Morse-Bott indices of a function on moduli space.