On the Abelian Higgs model (Q915961)

A proof of global existence for the time independent Abelian Higgs model is given. The problem is reduced to a nonlinear elliptic system in \({\mathbb{R}}^ 3\) of the form \[ -\Delta u+a^ 2u=f(u,v)+j(x),\quad -\Delta v+b^ 2v=g(u,v),\quad a=const,\quad b=const, \] where f and g are smooth functions and j is a quantity involving \(\delta\) functions of \(x=(x_ 1,x_ 2,x_ 3)\). Under relevant assumptions a solution (in distributional sense) with prescribed asymptotics near infinity is found.