Published September 15, 1978 | Version v1
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Self-dual Euclidean gauge fields for semisimple groups

Creators

  • 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794

Description

A Lie algebraic study of the slef-dual gauge fields with arbitrary semisimple gauge group in Euclidean space is carried out, generalizing Yang's R gauge to an Iwasawa decomposition of the gauge group. Backlund transformations are derived as automorphisms of the gauge Lie algebra and all the nonequivalent ones are identified. The Pontryagin density is shown to possess an additivity property under such transformations. The constructions are illustrated for SU(2) and SU(3) gauge fields

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1960-1968