Published April 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-self-dual Yang-Mills connections with quadrupole symmetry

  • 1. New York Univ., NY (United States). Courant Inst. of Mathematical Sciences
  • 2. Missouri Univ., Columbia, MO (United States). Dept. of Mathematics

Description

We prove the existence of non-self-dual Yang-Mills connections on SU(2) bundles over the four-sphere, specifically on all bundles with second Chern number not equal ±1. We study connections equivariant under an SU(2) symmetry group to reduce the effective dimensionality from four to one, and then use variational techniques. The existence of non-self-dual SU(2) YM connections on the trivial bundle (second Chern number equals zero) has already been established by Sibner, Sibner, and Uhlenbeck via different methods. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Communications in Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
145
Journal Issue
2
Series
Commun. Math. Phys.
Journal Page Range
363-391
ISSN
0010-3616
CODEN
CMPHA

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant DMS-88-06731; DMS-88-01918