Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

Vortex points and vortex lines in the Ginzburg-Landau model

Sylvia Serfaty

created by cabezas-rivas on 26 Mar 2026

8 apr 2026 -- 03:30   [open in google calendar]

BANG (Bridging ANalysis & Geometry) online seminar

organized by Esther Cabezas-Rivas & Salvador Moll (Universitat de València)

Abstract.

I will review work with Etienne Sandier and more recent joint work with Carlos Román and Etienne Sandier, where we study the onset of vortices in the two and three-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity. We discuss the critical field at which the first vortices appear, the optimal number of lines, and Gamma-limit problems for their effective interaction and arrangement.