arXiv research

Quantizes vortex moduli space using modified Quillen metric.

Study vortex moduli space and compute Berry curvature for Ginzburg-Landau vortices.

The paper quantizes vortex moduli spaces on compact Kahler surfaces using determinant bundles.

Symplectic vortex equations link Sasakian manifolds to Kahler cones.

We consider the self-dual vortex equations on a positive line bundle L --> M over a compact Kaehler manifold of arbitrary dimension. When M is simply connected, the moduli space of vortex solutions is a projective space. When M is an abelian variety, the moduli space is the projectivization of the Fourier-Mukai transfo…

Manton's five vortex equations derived from Yang-Mills self-duality.

Paper shows existence of vortex solutions with specific decay properties.

Calculates the Hilbert space dimension for vortex moduli spaces.

Let L --> X be a complex line bundle over a compact connected Riemann surface. We consider the abelian vortex equations on L when the metric on the surface has finitely many point degeneracies or conical singularities and the line bundle has parabolic structure. These conditions appear naturally in the study of vortex …

We consider the vortex equations for a U(n) gauge field coupled to a Higgs field with values on the n times n square matrices. It is known that when these equations are defined on a compact Riemann surface, their moduli space of solutions is closely related to a moduli space of tau-stable holomorphic n-pairs on that su…

The moduli space of solutions to the vortex equations on a Riemann surface are well known to have a symplectic (in fact Kähler) structure. We show this symplectic structure explictly and proceed to show a family of symplectic (in fact, Kähler) structures $Ω_{Ψ_0}$ on the moduli space, parametrised by $Ψ_0$, a section o…

Study heat flow for gauged holomorphic maps over Kähler manifolds.

The paper studies the moduli space of Higgs pairs and their geometric properties.

We derive general expressions for the Kaehler form of the L^2-metric in terms of standard 2-forms on vortex moduli spaces. In the case of abelian vortices in gauged linear sigma-models, this allows us to compute explicitly the Kaehler class of the L^2-metric. As an application we compute the total volume of the moduli …

Study SO(3) vortices over orbifold Riemann surfaces and monopoles.

Uniform convergence of metrics on vortex moduli space in Bradlow limit.

In this note we show that for the group G = U(N) the space of Hecke modifications of a rank N vector bundle over a Riemann surface C coincides with the moduli space of solutions of certain non-abelian vortex equations over C . Through the recent work of Kapustin and Witten this then leads to an isomorphism between the …

The paper studies the geometry of vortex-antivortex pairs on Riemann surfaces.

At critical coupling, the interactions of Ginzburg-Landau vortices are determined by the metric on the moduli space of static solutions. The asymptotic form of the metric for two well separated vortices is shown here to be expressible in terms of a Bessel function. A straightforward extension gives the metric for N vor…

We consider nonlinear gauged sigma-models with Kahler domain and target. For a special choice of potential these models admit Bogomolny (or self-duality) equations -- the so-called vortex equations. We find the moduli space and energy spectrum of the solutions of these equations when the gauge group is a torus T^n, the…

We study complex Chern-Simons theory on a Seifert manifold $M_3$ by embedding it into string theory. We show that complex Chern-Simons theory on $M_3$ is equivalent to a topologically twisted supersymmetric theory and its partition function can be naturally regularized by turning on a mass parameter. We find that the d…

We review our recent work on solitons in the Higgs phase. We use U(N_C) gauge theory with N_F Higgs scalar fields in the fundamental representation, which can be extended to possess eight supercharges. We propose the moduli matrix as a fundamental tool to exhaust all BPS solutions, and to characterize all possible modu…

In this paper we show that the dimensionally reduced Seiberg-Witten equations lead to a Higgs field and study the resulting moduli spaces. The moduli space arising out of a subset of the equations, shown to be non-empty for a compact Riemann surface of genus g >= 1, gives rise to a family of moduli spaces carrying a hy…

We consider the set of solutions to the rho-vortex equations over a Kahler surface and prove a Uhlenbeck compactness result, namely that a sequence of solutions with the same energy converge to the sum of a solution of smaller energy and deltas of Dirac.

A gas of $N$ Bogomol'nyi vortices in the Abelian Higgs model is studied on a compact Riemann surface of genus $g$ and area $A$. The volume of the moduli space is computed and found to depend on $N, g$ and $A$, but not on other details of the shape of the surface. The volume is then used to find the thermodynamic partit…

We describe a topological field theory that studies the moduli space of solutions of the symplectic vortex equations. It contains as special cases the topological sigma-model and topological Yang-Mills over Kahler surfaces. The correlation functions of the theory are closely related to the recently introduced Hamiltoni…

On a smooth line bundle $L$ over a compact Kähler Riemann surface $Σ$, we study the family of vortex equations with a parameter $s$. For each $s \in [1,\infty]$, we invoke techniques in \cite{Br} by turning the $s$-vortex equation into an $s$-dependent elliptic partial differential equation, studied in \cite{kw}, provi…

Using Morse-Bott techniques adapted to the gauge-theoretic setting, we show that the limiting boundary values of the space of finite energy monopoles on a connected 3-manifold with at least two cylindrical ends provides an immersed Lagrangian submanifold of the vortex moduli space at infinity. By studying the signed in…

Vortex solutions on flat surfaces map to harmonic spinors on Nappi-Witten space.

Study of decorated surfaces with vortices and their group structures.

The paper introduces vortex nerve complexes and new Betti numbers in CW spaces.

The paper studies point vortex dynamics on specific Kähler twistor spaces.

We present a Hamiltonian framework for higher-dimensional vortex filaments (or membranes) and vortex sheets as singular 2-forms with support of codimensions 2 and 1, respectively, i.e. singular elements of the dual to the Lie algebra of divergence-free vector fields. It turns out that the localized induction approximat…

We show how to carry out the gauging of the Poisson sigma model in an AKSZ inspired formulation by coupling it to the a generalization of the Weil model worked out in ref. arXiv:0706.1289 [hep-th]. We call the resulting gauged field theory, Poisson--Weil sigma model. We study the BV cohomology of the model and show its…

We consider gauged sigma-models from a Riemann surface into a Kaehler and hamiltonian G-manifold X. The supersymmetric N=2 theory can always be twisted to produce a gauged A-model. This model localizes to the moduli space of solutions of the vortex equations and computes the Hamiltonian Gromov-Witten invariants. When t…

We note that the Bogomolny equation for abelian vortices is precisely the condition for invariance of the Hermitian-Einstein equation under a degenerate conformal transformation. This leads to a natural interpretation of vortices as degenerate hermitian metrics that satisfy a certain curvature equation. Using this view…

Let $(F,J,ω)$ be an almost Kähler manifold, $α$ a $J$-holomorphic action of a compact Lie group $\hat K$ on $F$, and $K$ a closed normal subgroup of $\hat K$ which leaves $ω$ invariant. We introduce gauge theoretical invariants for such triples $(F,α,K)$. The invariants are associated with moduli spaces of solutions of…

The article extends vortex filament theory to Hermitian reductive Lie algebras.

Our aim in this work is to study a system of equations which generalises at the same time the vortex equations of Yang-Mills-Higgs theory and the holomorphicity equation in Gromov theory of pseudoholomorphic curves. We extend some results and definitions from both theories to a common setting. We introduce a functional…

The paper introduces vortex cycles and nerves, inspired by Thomson's vortex atoms.

This paper studies symplectic vortices on compact manifolds, proving their asymptotic behavior.

In differential-geometric language, vortex-lines equations on extended phase space of a system may be written as $i_{\dot γ}dσ=0$, where $σ$ is a differential 1-form. This is the structure, to give a paradigmatic example, of the Hamilton equations. Here, we study equations of the same structure, where $σ$ is a differen…

Proves local existence and uniqueness of SMCF in Euclidean spaces.

In this paper, the parallel transport frames over non-lightlike curves in Minkowski 3-space are introduced. Evolution equations of these frames with respect to arc length and time are calculated over the space of these curves. Then the equivalence of the non-linear Schrödinger equation and non-linear heat system to the…

The paper proves estimates for vortex-type equations on compact Riemann surfaces.

Study vortex loops as coadjoint orbits of diffeomorphisms.

New minimal surfaces found from vortex crystals.

Discrete model of curve deformation using discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation.