SCALING LIMITS OF THE CHERN–SIMONS–HIGGS ENERGY
2008 ◽
Vol 10
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pp. 1-16
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We continue our study in [16] of the Gamma limit of the Abelian Chern–Simons–Higgs energy [Formula: see text] on a bounded, simply connected, two-dimensional domain where ε → 0 and με → μ ∈ [0, +∞]. Under the critical scaling, Gcsh ≈ | log ε2, we establish the Gamma limit when μ ∈ (0,+∞], and as a consequence, we are able to compute the first critical field H1 = H1(U,μ) for the nucleation of a vortex. Finally, we show failure of Gamma convergence when μμ → 0 (this includes the self-dual case). The method entails estimating in certain weak topologies the Jacobian J(uε) = det (∇ uε) in terms of the Chern–Simons–Higgs energy Ecsh.
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1991 ◽
Vol 06
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pp. 3591-3600
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2007 ◽
Vol 43
(9)
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pp. 1200-1212
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1990 ◽
Vol 05
(16)
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pp. 1251-1258
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