A conformally invariant gap theorem in Yang-Mills theory

DOI10.1007/S00220-017-3070-ZzbMATH Open1420.53028arXiv1708.01157OpenAlexW3100116433MaRDI QIDQ1663678FDOQ1663678

Authors: Casey Kelleher, Jeffrey Streets, Matthew J. Gursky 

Publication date: 22 August 2018

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

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

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

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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)

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