$L^2$-moduli spaces of symplectic vortices on Riemann surfaces with cylindrical ends

Abstract: Let $(X,\omega)$ be a compact symplectic manifold with a Hamiltonian action of a compact Lie group $G$ and $\mu: X\to \mathfrak g$ be its moment map. In this paper, we study the $L^2$-moduli spaces of symplectic vortices on Riemann surfaces with cylindrical ends. We studied a circle-valued action functional whose gradient flow equation corresponds to the symplectic vortex equations on a cylinder $S^1\times \mathbb R$. Assume that $0$ is a regular value of the moment map $\mu$, we show that the functional is of Bott-Morse type and its critical points of the functional form twisted sectors of the symplectic reduction (the symplecitc orbifold $[\mu^{-1}(0)/G]$). We show that any gradient flow lines approaches its limit point exponentially fast. Fredholm theory and compactness property are then established for the $L^2$-Moduli spaces of symplectic vortices on Riemann surfaces with cylindrical ends.