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

DOI10.1007/BF01223513zbMath0638.53039MaRDI QIDQ1099418

Arthur E. Fischer

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

connectionsgauge field theoriesprincipal fiber bundleLie transformation groupsglobal conservation laws

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Topological transformation groups (57S99) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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Cites Work

• A unified approach to conservation laws in general relativity, gauge theories, and elementary particle physics
• Some remarks on the Gribov ambiguity
• Topological aspects of Yang-Mills theory
• The group of isometries of a Riemannian manifold
• Self-duality in four-dimensional Riemannian geometry
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