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We prove existence of Abrikosov vortex lattice solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau equations of superconductivity, with multiple magnetic flux quanta per fundamental cell. We also revisit the existence proof for the Abrikosov vortex lattices, streamlining some arguments and providing some essential details missing in earlier proofs for a single magnetic flux quantum per a fundamental cell.
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It is a pleasure to thank Max Lein for useful discussions and the anonymous referees for reading carefully the manuscript and many useful remarks and suggestions. The first author would like to thank Dmitri Chouchkov for useful discussions. The first and third authorsβ research is supported in part by NSERC Grant No. NA7901. During the work on the paper, they enjoyed the support of the NCCR SwissMAP. The first author was also supported by the NSERC CGS program. The second author (P. S.) was partially supported by Fondo Basal CMM-Chile and Fondecyt postdoctoral grant 3160055.
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Appendices
Appendix
Recall that x and z are related as in (5.11) and identify x = (x1,x2) with x1 + ix2.
A On Solutions of the Linearised Problem
Lemma A.1
There is no linear solution Ο,as in Section 5, such that
for some real valued g.
Proof
Assume for the sake of contradiction that suchΟ exists. Then
for some holomorphic π. EquationΒ (A.1) becomes
Taking β z on both sides, we see that
This shows that the term in the bracket vanishes identically. In particular,
Taking \(\partial _{\bar {z}}\)again, we see that
Since π has at most finitely many zeros, we conclude
This shows that g r is harmonic. Since it is periodic, it is a constant. EquationΒ (A.3) then shows that such solution isimpossible. β‘
B Theta Functions
In this appendix we review basic properties of theta functions, which are likely to be known but which we could not find in the literature. From now on, we fix a lattice shape Ο and a lattice
throughout this appendix (unless otherwise stated).
3.1 B.1 Basic Properties
In this section, we prove some basic properties of the theta functions. Let n be fixed. Define for 0 β€ m β€ n ββ1,
where Ξ³ := eΟiΟ/n and \([m]_{n} = \{ a \in \mathbb {Z} \ : \ a = m \bmod n \}\).
Theorem B.1
The π n, m βs form a basis for V n that satisfy
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\(\theta _{n,m}(z+\frac {1}{n}) = e^{2\pi i m/n} \theta _{n,m}(z)\)
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πn,m(βz) = πn,nβm(z)
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πn,m(z + Ο/n) = Ξ³ββ1e2Οizπn, m+β1(z)
Theorem B.2
Any n-theta function has exactly n zeros modulo translation by lattice elements. Moreover, any two theta functions that share the same zeros (counting multiplicity) are linearly dependent.
Theorem B.3
π 1,0 has a simple zero at \(\frac {1}{2}(1+\tau )\)
Proof
See Proposition 11.1.β‘
Theorem B.4
Suppose that π β V n and Ο β V m , then πΟ β Vn + m.
Proof
Inspection.β‘
The proof of the theorems consists of the following lemmas:
Proof
of Theorem A.2 Expanding in e2Οikz for \(k \in \mathbb {Z}\), the coefficients of any element of V n satisfies the recurssion cm + n = c m ei(2m + n)ΟΟ. This recursion implies that for 0 β€ m β€ n ββ1, we have that
where l is an integer. So the functions
form a basis for the eigenspace. If we let l = kn + m, then we can rewrite the above as
Now we prove the three bullet points. We note that
Since l β [m] n , we have that \(l/n - m/n \in \mathbb {Z}\). Hence
Now for the second item, we note
Finally, recalling that Ξ³ = eΟiΟ/n, we note that
β‘
Proof
of Theorem A.3 First we prove that elements of V n has exactly n zeros modulo translation by lattice elements. We compute the winding number ofπ. First, since π is holomorphic, its zeros are discrete. Hence we may assume WLOG that all the zeros are in the interior of the fundamental domain. Let Ξ© denote the fundamental domain. Then the total number of zeros of π is given by
Since π(z) = π(z +β1), the integral along the tΟ and t Ο +β1 for t β [0, 1] is zero. Let y(z) = eβiΟΟ eΞ±z where Ξ± = ββ2Οi. Since π(z + Ο) = ynπ(z) and yβ² = Ξ±y, we see that πβ²(z + Ο) = yn(z)πβ²(z) + nΞ±yn(z)π(z). Hence, only the horizonal segment of the line integral contribute:
Next, we show that any two theta functions that share the same zeros (counting multiplicity) are linearly dependent. Let π and Ο be the two nonzero zeta functions that shares the same zeros. Set f(z) = π(a)/Ο(z). Wes how that
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f(z) can be extended analytically to all of \(\mathbb {C}\) and
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f(z) is doubly periodic.
Certainly f is holomorphic away from zeros of Ο. We only need to show that f can be extended analytically to zeros of Ο. But this is precisely the requirement that π and Ο share the same zeros (counting multiplicity).
For the second item, we note that
and
This shows that f is doubly periodic.
Now, Liouvilleβs theorem shows that f must be constant. It follows that π and Ο are collinear. β‘
3.2 B.2 Classification of Singular n-theta Functions
Theorem B.5
Let X n be the set of singular n-theta functions mod scaling. Then
where π0 is a basis for V1. Moreover, |X n | = n2. The location of zeros of elements in X n form the set
As before, we establish the theorem through various lemmas. The idea of the proof is as follows: by Theorem A.3, we may identify elements of X n with the location of their zeros. We attempt to locate the zeros of singular n-theta function first and show that there are only n2 possible locations in a fundamental cell. So |X n | = n2. Then we explicitly construct n2 singular n-theta functions to complete the proof.
To locate the zeros of singular n-theta functions, we study the Wronskian of a particular set of nice basis element: \({\Theta }(z) := \det (\theta ^{(i)}_{j} )\) for i,j β{0,...,n ββ1}, where \(\theta ^{(i)}_{j}\) means the i-th derivative of π j (see (B.2) for definition π j ).
Proposition B.6
The function Ξ is holomorphic and
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The locations of the zeros of Ξ are exactly the locations where a singular n-theta function can have zero.
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Ξ(βz) = (ββ1)n+β1Ξ(z),
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Ξ(z +β1/n) = (ββ1)n+β1Ξ(z),
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Ξ(z + Ο/n) = (ββ1)n+β1Ξ³n(nββ1)ynΞ(z) where y = eβiΟΟeΞ±z and Ξ± = ββ2Οi.
Proof
We recall that the π m βs form a basis for V n . If \(\theta (z) = {\sum }_{m} a^{m} \theta _{m}(z)\) has n zeros at z0, then
for i =β0,...,n ββ1. So the matrix \((\theta ^{(i)}_{j}(z_{0}))\) has a nonzero vector (a0,...,anββ1) in its kernel. Hence Ξ(z0) =β0. Conversely, if Ξ(z0) =β0, then we can find a nonzero vector (a0,....,anββ1) in the kernel of the matrix \((\theta ^{(i)}_{j}(z_{0}))\). Then π = amπ m has n-zeros at z0.
Recall from Theorem A.2 that π m (βz) = πnβm mod n(z). It follows that \(\theta ^{(k)}_{m}(-z) = (-1)^{k}\theta ^{(k)}_{n-m \bmod n}(z)\). If n is even, then after zβ¦ β z, every even row in the matrix \((\theta ^{(i)}_{j})\)picks up a minus sign, and moreover, we need to interchange the m-th collumn with the(n β m mod n)-th collumn for0 < m < n/2. Together wepick up n/2 + n/2 β 1 minus signs for Ξ. So Ξ(βz) = βΞ(z). If n is odd, we pick up(n ββ1)/2 minus signs from the even rows and need to interchange (n ββ1)/2 columns. So Ξ(βz) = Ξ(z).
Recall from Theorem A.2 that π m (z +β1/n) = ΞΆmπ m (z) where ΞΆ = e2Οi/n. It follows after zβ¦z +β1/n, the m-th column of \((\theta ^{(i)}_{j})\)picks up a factor of ΞΆmββ1. Hence \({\Theta }(z + 1/n) = \zeta ^{{\sum }_{k = 0}^{n-1} k}{\Theta }(z) = (-1)^{n + 1}{\Theta }(z)\).
Finally, we recall from Theorem A.2 and the definition y = eβiΟΟ e2Οiz = Ξ³βn e2Οiz that
Repeated differentiation shows that
Hence
where E is the matrix that corresponds to a permutation of columns(1, 2,...,n)β¦(2, 3,...,n, 1). It follows that
(where (ββ1)n+β1 = det E). Hence Ξ(z + Ο) = (ββ1)n+β1Ξ³n(nββ1)ynΞ(z).β‘
Corollary B.7
\({\Theta } \in V_{n^{2}}\)
Proof
The lemma above shows that
We repeat the above proof with Ο/n replaced by Ο. Note first that π(z + Ο) = eββ2ΟinzβΟinΟπ(z) for all π β V n . Set Y = eβ2ΟinzβΟinΟ, then we see that
Taking det of both sides, we see that \({\Theta }(z+\tau ) = Y^{n} {\Theta }(z) = e^{-2\pi i n^{2} z-\pi i n^{2}} {\Theta }(z)\), which is precisely the defining conditions of elements of \(V_{n^{2}}\).β‘
Corollary B.8
|X n | = n2.
Proof
The uniqueness Theorem A.3 shows us that |X n | is equal to the number of possible locations of zeros of singular n-theta functions. Proposition A.7 shows that that this is equal to the size of the zero set of Ξ mod L Ο . Since \({\Theta } \in V_{n^{2}}\). We conclude by Theorem A.3, again, that |X n | = n2.β‘
Now, we obtain explicit formulae for elements of X n . To do this, we need the following lemma
Lemma B.9
If π β V n , so is
for \(a,b \in \mathbb {Z}\).
Proof
We check that
since \(b \in \mathbb {Z}\). Similarly,
since \(a,b \in \mathbb {Z}\).β‘
Now, let π0 be a basis for V1. From Theorems A.4 and A.5, we see that that \({\theta _{0}^{n}} \in X_{n}\), it follows by Lemma A.10 that
are all in X n for \(a,b \in \mathbb {Z}\). But there are exactly n2 = |X n | number of distinct such functions (mod scaling). So X n is contains exactly these elements. Moreover, by Proposition 11.1, the zero of π0 is at \(\frac {1}{2}(1+\tau )\). So the zeros of πa,b are located at \(\frac {1}{2}(1+\tau )-\frac {1}{n}(a+b\tau )\).
C Choice of Ο g
The action of point groups is given by
for some Ο g , which we determine below.
Proposition C.1
Let \(g \in SH(\mathcal {L})\) and Ο is a linear solution satisfying (C.1), then Ο g are constant.
Proof
We identify \(SH(\mathcal {L})\) as a subset of \(\mathbb {C}\) so that gx is the multiplication of the two complex numbers g and x. Assume that Ο g satisfies (C.1). Since Ο is a linear solution, by (5.11), we can find a holomorphic theta function π such that π(x) = h(x)Ο(x) for some smooth, nonvanishing, h with the property \((\bar \partial h)(x) = \frac {b}{2} xh(x)\) where \(\bar {\partial }:=\frac {1}{2}(\partial _{x_1}+i \partial _{x_2})\). Then (C.1) is equivalent to the fact that
is holomorphic. Taking \(\overline {\partial }\), this requirement is equivalent to
Since |g| =β1 and \(h(g x) e^{i\chi _{g}} h(x)^{-1}\)is invertible, we see that
Since Ο g are real valued, it is a constant. β‘
As a result of the the proposition, it suffices for us to look for gauge invariant (Ο,A) under actions of \(H(\mathcal {L})\) whose gauge factor \(h_{g}(x)=e^{i \chi _{g}}\) is a constant. Hence we consider spaces of the form
where \(\eta , \eta ^{\prime } \in \mathbb {C}\). One realises that such space corresponds to irreducible representations of \(H(\mathcal {L})\).
D Table of C 6-Equivariant Theta Functions
Vortex number | Value of r | Theta functions that span Vn,6,r |
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n = 2 | 0 | π 0 |
Β | 2 | π 2 |
n = 4 | 0 | \({\theta _{0}^{2}}\) |
Β | 1 | π 4 |
Β | 2 | π 0 π 4 |
Β | 4 | \({\theta _{2}^{2}}\) |
n = 6 | 0 | \({\theta _{0}^{3}}, \ {\theta _{2}^{3}}, {\theta _{4}^{2}} \theta _{2}^{-1}\) |
Β | 1 | π 0 π 4 |
Β | 2 | \({\theta _{0}^{2}} \theta _{2}\) |
Β | 3 | π 4 π 2 |
Β | 4 | \(\theta _{0} {\theta _{2}^{2}}\) |
n = 8 | 0 | \({\theta _{0}^{4}}, \ \theta _{0} {\theta _{2}^{3}}\) |
Β | 1 | \({\theta _{0}^{2}} \theta _{4}\) |
Β | 2 | \({\theta _{2}^{4}}, \ {\theta _{4}^{2}}, \ {\theta _{0}^{3}} \theta _{2}\) |
Β | 3 | π 0 π 4 π 2 |
Β | 4 | \({\theta _{0}^{2}} {\theta _{2}^{2}}\) |
Β | 5 | \(\theta _{4} {\theta _{2}^{2}}\) |
n = 10 | 0 | \({\theta _{0}^{5}},\ {\theta _{0}^{2}} {\theta _{2}^{3}}\) |
Β | 1 | \({\theta _{0}^{3}} \theta _{4}, \ \theta _{4} {\theta _{2}^{3}}\) |
Β | 2 | \({\theta _{0}^{4}} \theta _{2},\ \theta _{0} {\theta _{2}^{4}}, \ \theta _{0} {\theta _{4}^{2}}\) |
Β | 3 | \({\theta _{0}^{2}} \theta _{4} \theta _{2}\) |
Β | 4 | \({\theta _{0}^{3}} {\theta _{2}^{2}} , \ {\theta _{2}^{5}}, \ {\theta _{4}^{2}} \theta _{2}\) |
Β | 5 | \(\theta _{0} \theta _{4} {\theta _{2}^{2}}\) |
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Chenn, I., Smyrnelis, P. & Sigal, I.M. On Abrikosov Lattice Solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau Equations. Math Phys Anal Geom 21, 7 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11040-017-9257-x
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