We discuss the geometry of the Yang-Mills configuration spaces and moduli spaces with respect to the metric. We also consider an application to a de Rham-theoretic version of Donaldson’s μ-map.
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title = {The $L^2$ metric in gauge theory: an introduction and some applications},
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year = {1997},
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Groisser, David. The $L^2$ metric in gauge theory: an introduction and some applications. Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997) pp. 317-329. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-bcpv39z1p317bwm/
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