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We propose a deformation principle of gauge theories in three dimensions that can describe topologically stable self-dual gauge fields, i.e., vacua configurations that in spite of their masses do not deform the background geometry and are locally undetected by charged particles. We interpret these systems as describing boundary degrees of freedom of a self-dual Yang-Mills field in 2 + 2 dimensions with mixed boundary conditions. Some of these fields correspond to Abrikosov-like vortices with an exponential damping in the direction penetrating into the bulk. We also propose generalizations of these ideas to higher dimensions and arbitrary p-form gauge connections.
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Oliva, J., Valenzuela, M. Topological self-dual vacua of deformed gauge theories. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 152 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2014)152
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