Regularity for critical points of a non local energy (Q1364184)

The author considers the regularity of critical points of an energy functional defined on \({\mathbf H}^1 (B^3,S^2)\) by \[ E(u)= {1\over 2} \int_{B^3} |\nabla u |^2 -{1\over 2} \int_{B^3} H\cdot u+ \int_{B^3} F(u) \] where \(H\in {\mathbf L}_2 (\mathbb{R}^3, \mathbb{R}^3)\) is a solution of a certain nonlocal problem and \(F\in {\mathcal C}^1 (\mathbb{R}^3, \mathbb{R})\) is a nonlinear term satisfying several growth restrictions. Problems of this sort arise in micromagnetism theory. The author proves that the critical points of \(E\) are smooth except in a subset of one-dimensional Hausdorff measure zero.