Abstract
We exhibit a close relation between vortex configurations on the 2-sphere and magnetic zero-modes of the Dirac operator on (Formula presented.) which obey an additional nonlinear equation. We show that both are best understood in terms of the geometry induced on the 3-sphere via pull-back of the round geometry with bundle maps of the Hopf fibration. We use this viewpoint to deduce a manifestly smooth formula for square-integrable magnetic zero-modes in terms of two homogeneous polynomials in two complex variables.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 949-983 |
| Number of pages | 35 |
| Journal | Letters in Mathematical Physics |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 7 Nov 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- Cartan geometry
- Dirac operator
- Magnetic zero-modes
- Vortex equations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics
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