Geometry of Periodic Monopoles

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVD.88.125013MaRDI QIDQ6245137zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Rafael Maldonado, R. S. Ward

Publication date 26 September 2013

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.88.125013

Abstract: BPS monopoles on $mathbb{R}^{2}imes{S}^1$ correspond, via the generalized Nahm transform, to certain solutions of the Hitchin equations on the cylinder $mathbbRimes{S}^1$. The moduli space M of two monopoles with their centre-of-mass fixed is a 4-dimensional manifold with a natural hyperk"ahler metric, and its geodesics correspond to slow-motion monopole scattering. The purpose of this paper is to study the geometry of M in terms of the Nahm/Hitchin data, i.e. in terms of structures on $mathbbRimes{S}^1$. In particular, we identify the moduli, derive the asymptotic metric on M, and discuss several geodesic surfaces and geodesics on M. The latter include novel examples of monopole dynamics.

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