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We establish a new estimate for the Ginzburg-Landau energies $E_{\epsilon}(u)=\int_M\frac{1}{2}|du|^2+\frac{1}{4\epsilon^2}(1-|u|^2)^2$ of complex-valued maps $u$ on a compact, oriented manifold $M$ with $b_1(M)\neq 0$, obtained by…

We consider the magnetic Ginzburg-Landau equations in a compact manifold $N$ $$ \begin{cases} -\varepsilon^2 \Delta^{A} u=\frac{1}{2}(1-|u|^2)u,\\ \varepsilon^2 d^*dA=\langle\nabla^A u,iu\rangle \end{cases} $$ formally corresponding to the…

We consider the magnetic Ginzburg-Landau equations in $\mathbb{R}^4$ $$ \begin{cases} -\varepsilon^2(\nabla-iA)^2u = \frac{1}{2}(1-|u|^{2})u,\\ \varepsilon^2 d^*dA = \langle(\nabla-iA)u,iu\rangle \end{cases} $$ formally corresponding to the…

We study global variational properties of the space of solutions to $-\varepsilon^2\Delta u + W'(u)=0$ on any closed Riemannian manifold $M$. Our techniques are inspired by recent advances in the variational theory of minimal hypersurfaces…

It is well-known that under suitable hypotheses, for a sequence of solutions of the (simplified) Ginzburg-Landau equations $-\Delta u_\varepsilon +\varepsilon^{-2}(|u_\varepsilon|^2-1)u_\varepsilon = 0$, the energy and vorticity concentrate…

On a compact manifold $M^{n}$ ($n\geq 3$) with boundary, we study the asymptotic behavior as $\epsilon$ tends to zero of solutions $u_{\epsilon}: M \to \mathbb{C}$ to the equation $\Delta u_{\epsilon} + \epsilon^{-2}(1 -…

We develop a PDE-based approach to the min-max construction of nontrivial integer rectifiable varifolds that are stationary with respect to anisotropic surface energies on closed Riemannian manifolds, in codimension one. Specifically, we…

The aim of this paper is to investigate the minimization problem related to a Ginzburg-Landau energy functional, where in particular a nonlinear diffusion of mean curvature-type is considered, together with a classical double well…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$. For $\epsilon>0$ small, we construct non-constant solutions to the Ginzburg-Landau equations $-\Delta u=\frac{1}{\epsilon^2}(1-|u|^2)u$ in $\Omega$ such that on $\partial \Omega$ u…

We establish a glueing theorem for the Ginzburg-Landau equations in dimension $n > 2$. To this end, we consider a nondegenerate minimal submanifold of codimension 2, and construct a one-parameter family of solutions to the Ginzburg-Landau…

In this article, we study the following Hamiltonian system: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \begin{aligned} &-\varepsilon^{2}\Delta_{g} u +u = |v|^{q-1}v, &-\varepsilon^{2}\Delta_{g} v +v = |u|^{p-1}u && \text{ in } \mathcal{M}, & \quad u,v…

We construct local minimizers to the Ginzburg-Landau functional of superconductivity whose number of vortices N is prescribed and blows up as the parameter epsilon, inverse of the Ginzburg-Landau parameter kappa, tends to zero. We treat the…

In this paper we prove some integral estimates on the minimal growth of the positive part $u_+$ of subsolutions of quasilinear equations \[ \mathrm{div} A(x,u,\nabla u) = V|u|^{p-2}u \] on complete Riemannian manifolds $M$, in the…

Denote by $E_\epsilon$ the Ginzburg-Landau functional in the plane and let $\tilde u_\varepsilon$ be the radial solution to the Euler equation associated to the problem $\min \left\{E_\varepsilon(u,B_1): \>\left. u\right\vert _{\partial…

We investigate local minimizers of Ginzburg--Landau-type functionals in dimension $n\geq 3$ that satisfy logarithmic energy bounds, assuming the potential has a vacuum manifold with a finite fundamental group. We show that the normalized…

We construct nonminimal and irreducible solutions to the Ginzburg-Landau equations on closed manifolds of arbitrary dimension with trivial first real cohomology. Our method uses bifurcation theory where the "bifurcation points" are…

For $n\ge 3$ and $0<\epsilon\le 1$, let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ be a bounded smooth domain and $u_\epsilon:\Omega \subset\R^n\to \mathbb R^2$ solve the Ginzburg-Landau equation under the weak anchoring boundary condition: $$\begin{cases}…

Let $(M,g)$ and $(K,\kappa)$ be two Riemannian manifolds of dimensions $m$ and $k ,$ respectively. Let $\omega\in C^2(N),$ $\omega> 0.$ The warped product $ M\times _\omega K$ is the $ (m+k)$-dimensional product manifold $M\times K$…

Given two Riemannian manifolds $M$ and $N\subset\mathbb{R}^L$, we consider the energy concentration phenomena of the penalized energy functional $$E_{\epsilon}(u)=\int_M\frac{\vert\nabla u\vert^2}{2}+\frac{F(u)}{\epsilon^2},u\in…

We consider the equation $$-\Delta u+u=Q_\varepsilon(x)|u|^{p-2}u,\qquad u\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N),$$ where $Q_\varepsilon$ takes the value $1$ on each ball $B_\varepsilon(y)$, $y\in\mathbb{Z}^N$, and the value $-1$ elsewhere. We establish the…