The group of unimodular automorphisms of a principal bundle and the Euler-Yang-Mills equations (Q988746)

Given a principal bundle \(G\hookrightarrow P\to B\) (each being compact, connected and oriented) and a \(G\)-invariant metric \(h^p\) on \(P\) which induces a volume form \(\mu^p,\) the author considers the group of all unimodular automorphisms SAut\((P,\mu^p):=\{\varphi\in \text{Diff}(P)\mid\varphi^\ast\mu^p=\mu^p\) and \(\varphi\) is \(G\)-equivalent\(\}\) of \(P\), and determines its Euler equation à la Arnold. The resulting equations turn out to be (a particular case of) the Euler-Yang-Mills equations of an incompressible classical charged ideal fluid moving on \(B\). It is also shown that the group SAut\((P,\mu^p)\) is an extension of a certain volume preserving diffeomorphism group of \(B\) by the gauge group \(\text{Gau}(P)\) of \(P\).