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We study doubly-periodic monopoles, also called monopole walls, determining their spectral data and computing the dimensions of their moduli spaces. Using spectral data we identify the moduli, and compare our results with a perturbative analysis. We also identify an SL(2, \(\mathbb{Z}\)) action on monopole walls, in which the S transformation corresponds to the Nahm transform.
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Cherkis, S.A., Ward, R.S. Moduli of monopole walls and amoebas. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 90 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2012)090
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