The geometry of the space of BPS vortex-antivortex pairs

DOI10.1007/S00220-020-03824-YzbMATH Open1452.30006arXiv1807.00712OpenAlexW3044507945MaRDI QIDQ2006405FDOQ2006405

Authors: Nuno M. Romão, J. M. Speight 

Publication date: 9 October 2020

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The gauged sigma model with target $mathbb{P}^1$, defined on a Riemann surface $Sigma$, supports static solutions in which $k_{+}$ vortices coexist in stable equilibrium with $k_{-}$ antivortices. Their moduli space is a noncompact complex manifold $M_{(k_{+},k_{-})}(Sigma)$ of dimension $k_{+}+k_{-}$ which inherits a natural K"ahler metric $g_{L^2}$ governing the model's low energy dynamics. This paper presents the first detailed study of $g_{L^2}$, focussing on the geometry close to the boundary divisor $D=partial{M}_{(k_{+},k_{-})}(Sigma)$. On $Sigma=S^2$, rigorous estimates of $g_{L^2}$ close to $D$ are obtained which imply that $M_{(1,1)}(S^2)$ has finite volume and is geodesically incomplete. On $Sigma=mathbb{R}^2$, careful numerical analysis and a point-vortex formalism are used to conjecture asymptotic formulae for $g_{L^2}$ in the limits of small and large separation. All these results make use of a localization formula, expressing $g_{L^2}$ in terms of data at the (anti)vortex positions, which is established for general $M_{(k_{+},k_{-})}(Sigma)$. For arbitrary compact $Sigma$, a natural compactification of the space $M_{(k_{+},k_{-})}(Sigma)$ is proposed in terms of a certain limit of gauged linear sigma models, leading to formulae for its volume and total scalar curvature. The volume formula agrees with the result established for $Vol(M_{(1,1)}(S^2))$, and allows for a detailed study of the thermodynamics of vortex-antivortex gas mixtures. It is found that the equation of state is independent of the genus of $Sigma$, and that the entropy of mixing is always positive.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.00712

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zbMATH Keywords

moduli spaceRiemann surfacegauged sigma modelKähler metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials and rational functions of one complex variable (30C10) Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15)

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