Uniqueness of topological multivortex solutions in the Maxwell-Chern-Simons model (Q5963422)

The paper addresses the system of coupled nonlinear elliptic equations for real fields \(u\) and \(v\) in the two-dimensional space: \[ \begin{aligned} \Delta u &=2q(e^u - 1-\kappa v) +4\pi\sum_{j=1}^l n_j\delta(\mathbf{r} - \mathbf{r}_j), \\ \Delta v &=-\kappa q^2(e^u - 1-\kappa v) +2qe^u v,\end{aligned} \] where \(\Delta\) is the two-dimensional Laplacian, \(n_j\), \(\kappa\), and \(q\) are positive constants, \(\mathbf{r}_j\) are positions of vortices, and \(n_j\) are strengths of the individual vortices. The system is derived as a stationary self-dual reduction of the known Maxwell-Chern-Simons model of the classical field theory. The paper produces a rigorous proof of the uniqueness of multi-vortex solutions to this system under certain conditions imposed on parameters (in particular, the coupling coefficient, \(\kappa\), must be sufficiently large). In addition to that, non-topological solutions (with different boundary conditions at infinity) are considered too, and some sharp estimates are derived from their properties. In the case of a single vortex, full classification of all axisymmetric solutions is produced too.