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Dirac-Harmonic Maps

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We introduce a functional that couples the nonlinear sigma model with a spinor field: L=M[dϕ2+(ψ,\Dψ)]L=\int_M[|d\phi|^2+(\psi,\D\psi)]. In two dimensions, it is conformally invariant. The critical points of this functional are called Dirac-harmonic maps. We study some geometric and analytic aspects of such maps, in particular a removable singularity theorem.

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@article{arxiv.math/0411402,
  title  = {Dirac-Harmonic Maps},
  author = {Qun Chen and Juergen Jost and Jiayu Li and Guofang Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0411402},
  year   = {2007}
}