Solutions to Yang-Mills equations on four-dimensional de Sitter space

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.119.061601arXiv1704.07456WikidataQ49827748 ScholiaQ49827748MaRDI QIDQ6285895FDOQ6285895

Authors: Tatiana A. Ivanova, Olaf Lechtenfeld, Alexander D. Popov

Publication date: 24 April 2017

Abstract: We consider pure SU(2) Yang-Mills theory on four-dimensional de Sitter space dS

_{4}

and construct a smooth and spatially homogeneous magnetic solution to the Yang-Mills equations. Slicing dS

_{4}

as

m a t h b b R i m e s S^{3}

, via an SU(2)-equivariant ansatz we reduce the Yang-Mills equations to ordinary matrix differential equations and further to Newtonian dynamics in a double-well potential. Its local maximum yields a Yang-Mills solution whose color-magnetic field at time

a u i n m a t h b b R

is given by

i l d e B_{a} = - f r a c 12 I_{a} / (R^{2} c o s h^{2}! a u)

, where

I_{a}

for

a = 1, 2, 3

are the SU(2) generators and

R

is the de Sitter radius. At any moment, this spatially homogeneous configuration has finite energy, but its action is also finite and of the value

- f r a c 12 j (j + 1) (2 j + 1) p i^{3}

in a spin-

j

representation. Similarly, the double-well bounce produces a family of homogeneous finite-action electric-magnetic solutions with the same energy. There is a continuum of other solutions whose energy and action extend down to zero.

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