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The gradient flow of Higgs pairs

Jiayu Li, Xi Zhang (2011)

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

We consider the gradient flow of the Yang–Mills–Higgs functional of Higgs pairs on a Hermitian vector bundle ( E , H 0 ) over a Kähler surface ( M , ω ) , and study the asymptotic behavior of the heat flow for Higgs pairs at infinity. The main result is that the gradient flow with initial condition ( A 0 , φ 0 ) converges, in an appropriate sense which takes into account bubbling phenomena, to a critical point ( A , φ ) of this functional. We also prove that the limiting Higgs pair ( A , φ ) can be extended smoothly to a vector bundle E over...

The singularity structureοf the Yang-Mills configuration space

Jürgen Fuchs (1997)

Banach Center Publications

The geometric description of Yang–Mills theories and their configuration space is reviewed. The presence of singularities in M is explained and some of their properties are described. The singularity structure is analysed in detail for structure group SU(2). This review is based on [28].

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