Nonabelian Vortices on Surfaces and Their Statistics
arXiv:hep-th/9701056 · doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00409-4
Abstract
We discuss the physics of topological vortices moving on an arbitrary surface M in a Yang-Mills-Higgs theory in which the gauge group G breaks to a finite subgroup H. We concentrate on the case where M is compact and/or nonorientable. Interesting new features arise which have no analog on the plane. The consequences for the quantum statistics of vortices are discussed, particularly when H is nonabelian.
27 pages, 6 figures, requires harvmac