Explicit non-Abelian monopoles and instantons in SU(N) pure Yang-Mills theory
- Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Appelstrasse 2, 30167 Hannover (Germany) and Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region (Russian Federation)
It is well known that there are no static non-Abelian monopole solutions in pure Yang-Mills theory on Minkowski space R{sup 3,1}. I show that such solutions exist in SU(N) gauge theory on the spaces R{sup 2}xS{sup 2} and RxS{sup 1}xS{sup 2} with Minkowski signature (-+++). In the temporal gauge they are solutions of pure Yang-Mills theory on TxS{sup 2}, where T is R or S{sup 1}. Namely, imposing SO(3) invariance and some reality conditions, I consistently reduce the Yang-Mills model on the above spaces to a non-Abelian analog of the {phi}{sup 4} kink model whose static solutions give SU(N) monopole (-antimonopole) configurations on the space R{sup 1,1}xS{sup 2} via the above-mentioned correspondence. These solutions can also be considered as instanton configurations of Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions. The kink model on RxS{sup 1} admits also periodic sphaleron-type solutions describing chains of n kink-antikink pairs spaced around the circle S{sup 1} with arbitrary n>0. They correspond to chains of n static monopole-antimonopole pairs on the space RxS{sup 1}xS{sup 2} which can also be interpreted as instanton configurations in 2+1 dimensional pure Yang-Mills theory at finite temperature (thermal time circle). I also describe similar solutions in Euclidean SU(N) gauge theory on S{sup 1}xS{sup 3} interpreted as chains of n instanton-anti-instanton pairs.
- OSTI ID:
- 21205222
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 77, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.125026; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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