Symmetry Reductions of the Lax Pair of the Four-Dimensional Euclidean Self-Dual Yang-Mills Equations

From MaRDI portal
Publication:4515946



Abstract: The reduction by symmetry of the linear system of the self-dual Yang-Mills equations in four-dimensions under representatives of the conjugacy classes of subgroups of the connected part to the identity of the corresponding Euclidean group under itself is carried out. Only subgroups leading to systems of differential equations nonequivalent to conditions of zero curvature without parameter, or to systems of uncoupled first order linear O.D.E.'s are considered. Lax pairs for a modified form of the Nahm's equations as well as for systems of partial differential equations in two and three dimensions are written out.


The author applies the method of reduction by symmetry to the Lax pair, or the linear system, of the self-dual Yang-Mills equations on four-dimensional Euclidean space. Two main aspects to be considered are, first, the extension of the Lax pair to the product of the Euclidean space and the space of the spectral parameter \((CP^1)\), and second, the lift of the group action of \(\text{SO}(5,1)\) to \(\mathbb{R}^4\times CP^1\subset CP^{3*} \) preserving the complex structures induced on \(E^4\) by the linear system \[ \begin{gathered} [D_1+iD_2-\lambda(D_3+iD_4)]\Psi(x,\lambda,\bar\lambda)=0,\\ \quad [D_3-iD_4+\lambda(D_1-iD_2)]\Psi(x,\lambda,\bar\lambda)=0,\\ \quad \partial_{\bar\lambda}\Psi(x,\lambda,\bar\lambda)=0, \end{gathered} \] where the covariant derivative: \( D_\mu:= \partial_\mu+A_\mu \) and~\( \lambda\in CP^1\).











This page was built for publication: Symmetry Reductions of the Lax Pair of the Four-Dimensional Euclidean Self-Dual Yang-Mills Equations

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q4515946)