INTEGRALITY OF THE MONOPOLE NUMBER IN SU(2) YANG-MILLS HIGGS THEORY ON R**3

1984
12 pages
Published in:
  • Commun.Math.Phys. 93 (1984) 367-378

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Abstract: (Springer)
We prove that in classical SU(2) Yang-Mills-Higgs theories on ℝ3 with a Higgs field in the adjoint representation, an integer-valued monopole number (magnetic charge) is canonically defined for any finite-actionL1,loc2 configuration. In particular the result is true for smooth configurations. The monopole number is shown to decompose the configuration space into path components.
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: YANG-MILLS
  • MODEL: HIGGS
  • SYMMETRY: SU(2)
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: FIBRE BUNDLE
  • BOUNDARY CONDITION
  • CHARGE: TOPOLOGICAL
  • FIELD EQUATIONS: MONOPOLE
  • GAUGE FIELD THEORY: GEOMETRICAL
  • FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS: linear space
  • MATHEMATICAL METHODS: DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY
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