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SL(3,C) elementary instanton configurations

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

Several SL(3,C) self-dual instanton solutions of the Yang-Mills equations are presented which have very striking properties. While one of them is regular and SU(3) inside (outside) a sphere of arbitrarily large (small) radius, another one has all the characteristics of a meron solution (in particular its topological charge is concentrated at one point) although its Pontryagin number equals one. Their continuation to Minkowski space is also studied.

Research Organization:
II. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik der Universitaet, D-2000 Hamburg 50, Luruper Chaussee 149, West Germany
OSTI ID:
6282736
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 19:6; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English