Physical Review Letters · 1990 · 679 citations · 17 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsMathematical PhysicsTheoretical PhysicsGauge InteractionsGauge TheoryQuantum Field TheorySymmetry BreakingVortex DynamicsChern-simons TheoryHiggs PotentialNon-abelian Gauge TheorySpontaneous Symmetry Breaking
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.
17
Topologically massive gauge theories
S. Deser, R. Jackiw, S. Templeton · Annals of Physics · 1982 · 2.8K citations
Vortex-line models for dual strings
H. B. Nielsen, P. Olesen · Nuclear Physics B · 1973 · 2.7K citations
Three-Dimensional Massive Gauge Theories
S. Deser, R. Jackiw, S. Templeton · Physical Review Letters · 1982 · 2K citations
A mass term for three-dimensional gauge fields
Jonathan Schonfeld · Nuclear Physics B · 1981 · 721 citations