On \(S\)-duality in abelian gauge theory

DOI10.1007/BF01671570zbMath0833.53024arXivhep-th/9505186OpenAlexW2031170322MaRDI QIDQ1900245

Publication date: 11 March 1996

Published in: Selecta Mathematica. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9505186

zbMATH Keywords

gauge theory Yang-Mills fields Donaldson invariants of 4-manifolds electro-magnetic duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07)

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