Monopole and dyon bound states in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories
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1995-12-25
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We study the existence of monopole bound states saturating the BPS bound in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories. We describe how the existence of such bound states relates to the topology of index bundles over the moduli space of BPS solutions. Using an L2 index theorem, we prove the existence of certain BPS states predicted by Seiberg and Witten based on their study of the vacuum structure of N = 2 Yang-Mills theories. © 1995.
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Sethi, S, M Stern and E Zaslow (1995). Monopole and dyon bound states in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories. Nuclear Physics, Section B, 457(3). pp. 484–510. 10.1016/0550-3213(95)00517-X Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/14629.
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Mark A. Stern
The focus of Professor Stern's research is the study of analytic problems arising in geometry and physics.
In recent and ongoing work, Professor Stern has studied analytical, geometric, and topological questions arising in Yang-Mills theory. These include analyzing the moduli space of Yang Mills instantons on gravitational instantons, analyzing the asymptotic structure of instantons (proving a nonlinear analog of the inverse square law of electromagnetism), and analyzing the structure of singularities of instantons and of harmonic maps.
In addition, Professor Stern has recently studied questions arising in the interplay between geometric group theory and Lp and L2 cohomology. This work includes finding new bounds on L2 betti numbers of negatively curved manifolds, and new growth,
stability, and vanishing results for Lp and L2 cohomology of symmetric and locally symmetric spaces.
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