The internal symmetry group of a connection on a principal fiber bundle with applications to gauge field theories

Let P(M,G) be a principal fiber bundle with structure group G over a connected manifold M. We denote by AUT(P) the group of automorphisms of P, and Aut(P) the normal subgroup of automorphisms of P covering the identity of M. For a connection form \(\omega\) on P we denote by \(AUT_{\omega}(P)=\{F\in AUT(P)| \quad F^*\omega =\omega \}\) the symmetry group of \(\omega\), and by \(I_{\omega}(P)=Aut(P)\cap AUT_{\omega}(P)\) the internal symmetry group of \(\omega\). For a Riemannian metric g on M we denote by \(I_{(g,\omega)}(P)\) the group of \(F\in AUT(P)\) such that \(F^*\omega =\omega\) and \(g=f^*(g)\), where f is the diffeomorphism of M induced by the automorphism F. The author studies the Lie group structure of \(I_{\omega}(P)\) and \(I_{(g,\omega)}(P)\) and proves, among other things, that \(I_{\omega}(P)\) and \(I_{(g,\omega)}(P)\) become Lie transformation groups and the orbit of these groups are closed submanifolds of P. Moreover, taking the orbit space B we get a principal fiber bundle \(P(B,I_{\omega}(P))\) with structure group \(I_{\omega}(P)\). The author asserts that in Lagrangean gauge field theories, the Lie group \(I_{(g,\omega)}(P)\) plays an important role as the generator of global conservation laws for matter fields coupled to the fixed parameter fields (g,\(\omega)\).

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