Topological contributions in two-dimensional Yang-Mills theory: From group averages to integration over algebras

DOI10.1023/A:1017967208927MaRDI QIDQ5953683zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Bassetto, Sergio Nicoli, F. Vian

Publication date 27 January 2002

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0101052

zbMATH Keywords

Wilson loopinvariant integrationinstanton basis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semisimple Lie groups and their representations (22E46) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

Abstract: We show that keeping only the topologically trivial contribution to the average of a class function on U(N) amounts to integrating over its algebra. The goal is reached first by decompactifying an expansion over the instanton basis and then directly, by means of a geometrical procedure.

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