Published August 10, 1989
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Journal article
Torus knots are rigid string instantons
Description
We show that (p, q) torus knots satisfy the self-dual equations of rigid string instantons and we calculate the self-intersection number of the first few knots. The results are consistent with an interpretation in terms of the first Chern number. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters, (Section) B
- Journal Volume
- 226
- Journal Issue
- 3/4
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 244-250
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 20072945
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; DUALITY; FIELD EQUATIONS; INSTANTONS; LAGRANGE EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; METRICS; RIEMANN SPACE; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; STRING MODELS; TOPOLOGY; TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ANNULAR SPACE; CLOSED CONFIGURATIONS; CONFIGURATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; GEOMETRY; INTEGRALS; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUASI PARTICLES; SPACE