 Abelian Higgs vortex moduli space (source code)

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= Abelian Higgs vortex moduli space
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At critical coupling, the Abelian Higgs vortex moduli space is the space of gauge-equivalence classes of static $N$-vortex solutions. Vortex positions provide complex coordinates, and the field-theory kinetic energy induces an $L^2$ Riemannian metric whose geodesics approximate slow vortex motion.

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