Classification of solutions to general Toda systems with singular sources

Chang-Shou Lin, Zhaohu Nie, Juncheng Wei

Published 2016-05-25Version 1

We classify all the solutions to the elliptic Toda system associated to a general simple Lie algebra with singular sources at the origin and with finite energy. The solution space is shown to be parametrized by a subgroup of the corresponding complex Lie group. We also show the quantization result for the finite integrals. This work generalizes the previous works in [Lin, Wei, Ye] and [Nie] for Toda systems of types $A$ and $B, C$. However, a more Lie-theoretic method is needed here for the general case, and the method relies heavily on the structure theories of the local solutions and of the $W$-invariants for the Toda system. This work will have applications to nonabelian Chern-Simons-Higgs gauge theory and to the mean field equations of Toda type.