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The large mass limit of monopoles: abelian limits and Dirac singularities

Differential Geometry 2026-07-31 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Let (Ai,Φi)(A_i,\Phi_i) be finite energy SU(2)\mathrm{SU}(2) monopoles of charge k>0k>0 on an asymptotically conical 33-manifold with one end, with masses mim_i\to\infty. After passing to a subsequence, the mass-renormalized energy measures concentrate at finitely many points xax_a with concentration weights 4πKa4\pi K_a, where KaK_a is the total charge of the complete finite cluster of mass-one Euclidean monopoles lying over xax_a. We prove that, on the complement MM of these points, the fields abelianize exponentially. After translating the Higgs fields by their masses along the unit Higgs directions and applying gauge transformations, the translated pairs converge smoothly locally to a reducible monopole (A,Φ)(A_\infty,\Phi_\infty) of the form Φ=uΨ,FA=duΨ,u=4πaKaG(,xa), \Phi_\infty=-u\Psi_\infty, \qquad F_{A_\infty}=-*du\,\Psi_\infty, \qquad u=4\pi\sum_aK_aG(\,\cdot\,,x_a), where Ψ\Psi_\infty is a parallel unit section and GG is the minimal positive Green function. Consequently, xax_a is a Dirac singularity of charge KaK_a. The singular part of the residual limit is determined by the weighted 00-cycle of concentration points and total cluster charges, and does not retain the individual Euclidean profiles or their separation hierarchy. We also show that kaKak-\sum_aK_a is exactly the charge escaping through the asymptotically conical end, and describe the residual flat abelian ambiguity.

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@article{arxiv.2607.29667,
  title  = {The large mass limit of monopoles: abelian limits and Dirac singularities},
  author = {Daniel Fadel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.29667},
  year   = {2026}
}

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