BOGOMOLNYI SOLITONS AND HERMITIAN SYMMETRIC SPACES

We apply the coadjoint orbit method to construct relativistie nonlinear sigma models (NLSM) on the target space of coadjoint orbits coupled with the Chern-Simons (CS) gauge field and we study self-dual solitons. When the target space is given by a Hermitian symmetric space (HSS), we find that the system admits self-dual solitons whose energy is Bogomolʹnyi bounded from below by a topological charge. The Bogomolʹnyi potential on the Hermitian symmetric space is obtained in the case when the maximal torus subgroup is gauged, and the self-dual equation in the CP(N -1) case is explored. We also discuss the self-dual solitons in the case of noncompact SU(1,1) and present a detailed analysis for the rotationally symmetric solutions.