Decomposing instantons in two dimensions
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Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)
Abstract: We study BPS string-like solutions in the 3+1 dimensional gauged CP(1) non-linear sigma model. The same analysis can be applied to study instantons in 2 euclidean dimensions. We use the moduli matrix approach to construct analytically the moduli space and and solve numerically the BPS equations. We identify two topologically inequivalent type of magnetic vortices, which we call S and N vortices. Moreover we discuss their relation to "lump-string" solutions present in the un-gauged case. In particular, we describe how a lump is split into a couple of component S-N vortices after gauging. We extend this analysis to the case of the extended Abelian Higgs model with two flavors, which is known to admit semi-local vortices. When we gauge the relative phase between fields, semi-local vortices are also split into component vortices. We discuss interesting applications of this simple set-up. First, gauging of non-linear sigma models reveals a "partonic" nature of instantons in 1+1 dimensions, an idea long studied also in connection with four dimensional instantons. Second, weak gauging provides for an interesting regularization of the metric of semi-local vortices which preserves supersymmetry and does not lift the moduli space of the string.
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