Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11784-012-0073-4
Title: | Morse theory, Higgs fields, and Yang-Mills-Higgs functionals |
Authors: | Bradlow, S.B. Wilkin, G. |
Keywords: | Higgs bundles Morse theory surface groups |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Citation: | Bradlow, S.B., Wilkin, G. (2012). Morse theory, Higgs fields, and Yang-Mills-Higgs functionals. Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications 11 (1) : 1-41. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11784-012-0073-4 |
Abstract: | In this mostly expository paper we describe applications of Morse theory to moduli spaces of Higgs bundles. The moduli spaces are finite-dimensional analytic varieties but they arise as quotients of infinite-dimensional spaces. There are natural functions for Morse theory on both the infinite-dimensional spaces and the finite-dimensional quotients. The first comes from the Yang-Mills-Higgs energy, while the second is provided by the Hitchin function. After describing what Higgs bundles are, we explore these functions and how they may be used to extract topological information about the moduli spaces. © 2012 Springer Basel AG. |
Source Title: | Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications |
URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/126635 |
ISSN: | 16617738 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11784-012-0073-4 |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
Show full item record
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.