Published February 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Singular Minkowski and Euclidean solutions for SU(2) Yang-Mills theory

Creators

  • 1. Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics

Description

In this paper it is examined a solution to the SU(2) Yang-Mills-Higgs system, which is a trivial mathematical extension of recently discovered Schwarzschild- like solutions (Singleton D., Phys. Rev. D, 51 (1955) 5911). Physically, however, this new solution has drastically different properties from the Schwarzschild-like solutions. It is also studied a new classical solution for Euclidean SU(2) Yang-Mills theory. Again this new solution is a mathematically trivial extension of the Belavin-Polyakov-Schwartz-Tyupkin (BPST) (Belavin A. A. et al., Phys. Lett. B, 59 (1975) 85) instanton, but is physically very different. Unlike the usual instanton solution, the present solution is singular on a sphere of arbitrary radius in Euclidean space. Both of these solutions are infinite-energy solutions, so their practical value is somewhat unclear. However, they may be useful in exploring some of the mathematical aspects of classical Yang-Mills theory

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuovo Cimento. A
Journal Volume
109A
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 169-176.
ISSN
0369-3546
CODEN
NCIAAT

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
Italy
INIS RN
28038497
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
EUCLIDEAN SPACE; INSTANTONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MINKOWSKI SPACE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; QUASI PARTICLES; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE