The geometry of gauge fields

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(89)90002-8zbMath0679.53023OpenAlexW1989768663MaRDI QIDQ1822773

G. Martucci, Kishore B. Marathe

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(89)90002-8

zbMATH Keywords

instantonscurvaturedimensional reductionmoduli spaceconnectionsYang-Mills fieldsgauge field theoriesmonopole solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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