Self-dual Chern-Simons vortices

R. Jackiw and Erick J. Weinberg
Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2234 – Published 7 May 1990
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Abstract

We study vortex solutions in an Abelian Chern-Simons theory with spontaneous symmetry breaking. We show that for a specific choice of the Higgs potential the vortex satisfies a set of Bogomol’nyi-type, or ‘‘self-duality,’’ equations.

  • Received 13 February 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2234

©1990 American Physical Society

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R. Jackiw and Erick J. Weinberg

  • Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

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Vol. 64, Iss. 19 — 7 May 1990

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