The singularity structureοf the Yang-Mills configuration space

Fuchs, Jürgen

Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997), p. 287-299 / Harvested from The Polish Digital Mathematics Library

Résumé

The geometric description of Yang–Mills theories and their configuration space $\mathcal {M}$ is reviewed. The presence of singularities in M is explained and some of their properties are described. The singularity structure is analysed in detail for structure group SU(2). This review is based on [28].

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Publié le : 1997-01-01

Zbl 0917.53005

EUDML-ID : urn:eudml:doc:208668

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