Vortices as degenerate metrics

DOI10.1007/S11005-014-0683-4zbMATH Open1293.53031arXiv1212.3561OpenAlexW2963823130MaRDI QIDQ2014738FDOQ2014738

Authors: J. M. Baptista 

Publication date: 16 June 2014

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

Abstract: We note that the Bogomolny equation for abelian vortices is precisely the condition for invariance of the Hermitian-Einstein equation under a degenerate conformal transformation. This leads to a natural interpretation of vortices as degenerate hermitian metrics that satisfy a certain curvature equation. Using this viewpoint, we rephrase standard results about vortices and make new observations. We note the existence of a conceptually simple, non-linear rule for superposing vortex solutions, and we describe the natural behaviour of the L^2-metric on the moduli space upon restriction to a class of submanifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.3561

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zbMATH Keywords

vortex equationdegenerate Hermitian-Einstein metricvortex superposition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27) More general nonquantum field theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S20)

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