A certain class of Einstein-Yang-Mills systems (Q1373694)

The aim of this paper is to show that an analytical \(\text{SU}(2)\) Einstein-Yang-Mills (EYM) system in \(3+1\) dimensions with cosmological constant \(\Lambda\) is a a special case of a general construction of EYM systems with arbitrary gauge group. In Section 2 the authors discuss a general construction which yields on each homogeneous space \(G/H\) a \(G\)-invariant EYM system with cosmological constant. In Section 3, assuming that \(G/H\) is a symmetric space, they show how to use this solution to obtain a static \(G\)-symmetric EYM system on the spacetime \(\mathbb R\times G/H\). In Section 4 they apply the construction to an arbitrary group \(F\), considered as a symmetric space, and in Section 5 they discuss the special case \(F=\text{SU}(2)\). The geometric approach proposed in this paper allows the authors to give an intrinsic proof that a known analytical EYM system on \(\mathbb R\times S^3\) is of sphaleron type. Finally, a relation to the distance of Bureś and to parallel transport along mixed states is shown.