Topological characterization of higher-dimensional charged Taub–NUT instantons

DOI10.1142/S0219887819501548arXiv1806.10135MaRDI QIDQ6189643FDOQ6189643

Authors: Daniel Flores-Alfonso, Hernando Quevedo 

Publication date: 8 February 2024

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recently, we have shown that non-selfdual self-gravitating dyonic fields with magnetic mass generalize the Dirac monopole. The unique topological index, which characterizes the field, is a four dimensional analogue of the famous monopole configuration. An unexpected result of this analysis is that the electric parameter can only take certain discrete values as a consequence of applying the path integral approach to quantize the magnetic flux. Here, we show how this result can be generalized to higher dimensions, considering a special type of inhomogeneous geometries. Our results apply to a vast range of theories and situations in which topological charges are present. For concreteness, we focus here on Lovelock--Maxwell solutions and show that the magnetic flux corresponds to a topological excitation and the electric flux becomes discrete.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.10135

zbMATH Keywords

topological chargegravitational instantonsgravity in dimensions higher than four

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian structures (53B35) Global differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian manifolds (53C55) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20)

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• Nonlinear extensions of gravitating dyons: from NUT wormholes to Taub-Bolt instantons

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