A conformally invariant gap theorem in Yang-Mills theory

DOI10.1007/S00220-017-3070-ZMaRDI QIDQ1663678zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Casey Kelleher, Jeffrey Streets, Matthew J. Gursky

Publication date 22 August 2018

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.01157

zbMATH Keywords

Yang-Mills theoryconformally invariantYamabe-type problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

Abstract: We show a sharp conformally invariant gap theorem for Yang-Mills connections in dimension 4 by exploiting an associated Yamabe-type problem.

Recommendations

• Energy gap for Yang-Mills connections. I: Four-dimensional closed Riemannian manifolds
• Inequalities of Simons type and gaps for Yang-Mills fields
• Energy gap for Yang-Mills connections. II: Arbitrary closed Riemannian manifolds
• Some boundedness properties of solutions to the complex Yang-Mills equations on closed 4-manifolds
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3911208

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3820632 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3760957 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 47483 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3992337 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 279221 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3367521 (Why is no real title available?)
• An application of gauge theory to four dimensional topology
• An energy gap for Yang-Mills connections
• Asymptotics for a class of non-linear evolution equations, with applications to geometric problems
• Construction of instantons
• Energy gap for Yang-Mills connections. I: Four-dimensional closed Riemannian manifolds
• Equations différentielles non linéaires et problème de Yamabe concernant la courbure scalaire
• Four-manifolds with \(\delta W^+=0\) and Einstein constants of the sphere.
• Gauge theories on four dimensional Riemannian manifolds
• Global solution for the Yang-Mills gradient flow on 4-manifolds
• Harmonic Two-Forms in Four Dimensions
• Long-time behaviour of the Yang-Mills flow in four dimensions
• Non-minimal Yang-Mills fields and dynamics
• Non-self-dual Yang-Mills connections with quadrupole symmetry
• On Einstein manifolds of positive sectional curvature
• On the Yang-Mills heat equation in two and three dimensions.
• Polynomial invariants for smooth four-manifolds
• Ricci curvature, minimal volumes, and Seiberg-Witten theory
• Solutions to Yang—Mills equations that are not self-dual
• Stability and isolation phenomena for Yang-Mills fields
• The Yamabe problem
• The Yang-Mills flow in four dimensions
• The gap phenomena of Yang-Mills fields over the complete manifold
• The uniqueness of tangent cones for Yang-Mills connections with isolated singularities.
• Yamabe invariants and \(\text{spin}^c\) structures
• Yang-Mills fields which are not self-dual

Cited in

(9)

• Some boundedness properties of solutions to the complex Yang-Mills equations on closed 4-manifolds
• Geometry of minimal energy Yang-Mills connections
• A proof of energy gap for Yang-Mills connections
• A gap theorem for \(\alpha\)-harmonic maps between two-spheres
• Index-energy estimates for Yang-Mills connections and Einstein metrics
• The threshold conjecture for the energy critical hyperbolic Yang-Mills equation
• The hyperbolic Yang-Mills equation for connections in an arbitrary topological class
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3911208 (Why is no real title available?)
• Geometric analysis of the Yang-Mills connections over compact Kähler surfaces

This page was built for publication: A conformally invariant gap theorem in Yang-Mills theory

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1663678)