K\"ahler-Yang-Mills Equations and Vortices

Abstract

The K\"ahler-Yang-Mills equations are coupled equations for a K\"ahler metric on a compact complex manifold and a connection on a complex vector bundle over it. After briefly reviewing the main aspects of the geometry of the K\"ahler-Yang-Mills equations, we consider dimensional reductions of the equations related to vortices - solutions to certain Yang-Mills-Higgs equations.