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Some self-dual SO(3) solutions of the Yang-Mills equation and a note on harmonic maps

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6444087

In Part One, the 't Hooft ansatz for constructing self-dual solutions of the SU(2) Yang-Mills equation on S/sup 4/ is generalized. The result is a family of explicity self-dual SO(3) connections on any 1/2-conformally flat manifold of positive scalar curvature. Implications and examples are discussed. Part Two contains a simple reformulation of the harmonicity condition for a map from a surface to a complex Grassmannian.

Research Organization:
California Univ., Berkeley (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AT03-80ER10617
OSTI ID:
6444087
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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