The author builds a foundation for gauge theory and selfdual vortices by introducing the basic mathematical language of the subject and formulating examples ranging from the well-known abelian-Higgs and Yang-Mills models to the Chern-Simons-Higgs theories (in both the abelian and non-abelian settings). Thereafter, the electroweak theory and self-gravitating electroweak strings are also examined, followed by the study of the differential problems that have emerged from the analysis of selfdual vortex configurations; in this regard the author treats elliptic problems involving exponential non-linearities, also in relation to concentration-compactness principles and blow-up analysis.
Many open questions still remain in the field and are examined in this comprehensive work in connection with Liouville-type equations and systems. The goal of this text is to form an understanding of selfdual solutions arising in a variety of physical contexts. Selfdual Gauge Field Vortices: An Analytical Approach is ideal for graduate students and researchers interested in partial differential equations and mathematical physics.
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"This monograph is devoted to a mathematical study of selfdual gauge theories using critical point theory and some analytical and topological techniques. ... The book ends with a substantial bibliography and a useful index. This monograph, dealing in a clear way with some 'hot' topics of theoretical physics and geometry, will be of interest both to mathematicians and physicists." (Jean Mawhin, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1177, 2010)