Yang–Mills sphalerons in all even spacetime dimensionsd= 2k,k> 2:k= 3, 4

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/38/16/015zbMATH Open1065.81132arXivhep-th/0410008OpenAlexW3104853126MaRDI QIDQ4682138FDOQ4682138

Authors: Yves Brihaye, D. H. Tchrakian 

Publication date: 9 June 2005

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The classical solutions to higher dimensional Yang--Mills (YM) systems, which are integral parts of higher dimensional Einstein--YM (EYM) systems, are studied. These are the gravity decoupling limits of the fully gravitating EYM solutions. In odd spacetime dimensions, depending on the choice of gauge group, these are either topologically stable or unstable. Both cases are analysed, the latter numerically only. In even spacetime dimensions they are always unstable, describing saddle points of the energy, and can be described as {it sphalerons}. This instability is analysed by constructing the noncontractible loops and calculating the Chern--Simons (CS) charges, and also perturbatively by numerically constructing the negative modes. This study is restricted to the simplest YM system in spacetime dimensions $d=6,7,8$, which is amply illustrative of the generic case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0410008

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

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• On the stability of gauge fields in higher dimensions
• Instantonic dyons of Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons models in \(d = 2n + 1\) dimensions, \(n > 2\)

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