Non-trivial obstructions found for topological solitons in Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theories.
problem Existence of topological solitons in Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theories on compact manifolds.
method Cohomological formulations of the calculus of variations, focusing on Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theories on compact manifolds in odd dimensions.
result Non-trivial obstructions leading to a strong non-existence theorem for topological solitons.