Perturbed geodesics on the moduli space of flat connections and Yang-Mills theory (Q1944799)

If we consider the moduli space of flat connections of a non trivial principal \(\mathrm{SO}\)(3)-bundle over a surface, then we can define a map from the set of perturbed closed geodesics, below a given energy level, into families of perturbed Yang-Mills connections depending on a parameter \(\varepsilon\) [\textit{Y.-J. Hong}, Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 17, No. 5, 441--473 (1999; Zbl 0974.58016); \textit{S. Dostoglou} and \textit{D. A. Salamon}, Ann. Math. (2) 139, No. 3, 581--640 (1994; Zbl 0812.58031)]. It is shown that this map is a bijection and maps perturbed geodesics into perturbed Yang-Mills connections with the same Morse index.