Monopoles and foliations without holonomy-invariant transverse measure

Abstract

This article proves a uniform exponential decay estimate for Seiberg-Witten equations on non-compact 4-manifolds with exact symplectic ends of bounded geometry. This is an extension of the analysis for asymptotically flat almost K\"ahler (AFAK) structures by Kronheimer and Mrowka. As an application, we construct an invariant for smooth foliations without holonomy-invariant transverse measure, which takes value in the boundary-stable version of the monopole Floer homology group, without invoking the Eliashberg-Thurston perturbation.