Selfdual Maxwell-Chern-Simons vortices (Q862015)

An analytical approach to the study of vortex-type configurations for the self-dual Maxwell-Chern-Simons models, especially, to the study of non-topological vortex solutions of the models, is described (cf. \textit{D. Chae} and \textit{O. Yu. Imanuvilov} [Commun. Math. Phys. 215, No. 1, 119--142 (2000; Zbl 1002.58015)], hereafter refered as [1] and \textit{H. Chan et al.} [Commun. Math. Phys. 231, No. 2, 189--221 (2002; Zbl 1018.58008)]). The Chern-Simons term describes electrically charged mixed states of superconductivity. The existence of Chern-Simons term poses analytical difficulties, but when the physical parameter satisfies a ``critical condition'', the second order field equations are factorized into first order self-dual equations. This procedure is described precisely, starting from the Maxwell-Higgs model with the double well potential \( V(|\phi|)=\frac{\lambda}{8}(|\phi|^2-1)^2, \;\lambda>0 \) (Ginzburg-Landau model), where \(\phi\) is the Higgs field, in \S 2. In \S 3, introducing the complex variable \(z=x_1+ix_2\), elliptic eqautions for \(u=\log|\phi|2\) are derived from the static 2--dimensional self--dual equations. For the Ginzburg-Landau model, this equation takes the form \(-\bigtriangleup u=1-e^u-4\pi\sum_{j=1}^N \delta_{z_j}\). Existence of smooth finite action solutions to this equation is proved in \textit{H. C. Taubes} [Commun. Math. Phys. 72, 277--292 (1980; Zbl 0451.35101)]. It is also shown this solution is topological, namely the flux number and total energy of the model is determined by the number of zeroś of \(\phi\) (Th. 4.2). For the Chern-Simons model, the corresponding equation takes the form \(-\bigtriangleup=\lambda e^u(1-e^u)-4\pi\sum_{j=1}^N\delta_{z_j}\) with the boundary condition \(\int e^u(1-e^u)\,du<\infty\). So there are two possibilities on the property of \(u\) when \(|z|\) tends to \(\infty\), namely \(u(z)\) tends to 0 and \(u(z)\) tends to \(\infty\). Solutions satisfying this first condition are topological and have same properties as Landau-Ginzburg vortex (Th.4.5). Solutions satisfying the second condition are non-topological. Existence of non-topological solutions and their properties are described according to [1] (Th.4.8). In the the last section, solutions satisfying 't Hooft periodic boundary condition (\S3, (3.18)) are investigated mainly following \textit{M. Nolasco} and \textit{G. Tarantello}, [Commun. Math. Phys. 213, No. 3, 599--639 (2000; Zbl 0998.81047)] and [Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 9, No. 1, 31--94 (1999; Zbl 0951.58030)] (cf. \textit{G. Tarantello} [J. Math. Phys. 37, No. 8, 3769--3796 (1996; Zbl 0863.58081)]). The author says that studies in this direction are still incomplete and several problems are posed in this \S. This paper is rich in references. It contains 142 titles.