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Title: On the octonionic Nahm equations and self-dual membranes in 9 dimensions

Abstract

We introduce an analog of the Nahm equations for the spatially constant Yang-Mills gauge fields in 8 dimensions. We show that they can be derived from the vanishing of an octonionic moment map. In the case when the gauge group is SU ([infinity]) the octonionic Nahm equations provide a self-duality condition for a membrane in 9 dimensional space-time.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Virginia Polytechnic Inst., Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
7060435
Report Number(s):
CONF-9208164-2
ON: DE93007974
DOE Contract Number:  
FG05-92ER40709; AS05-80ER10713
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 6. symmetries in science, Bregenz (Austria), 2-7 Aug 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; YANG-MILLS THEORY; EQUATIONS; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; HAMILTONIANS; INSTANTONS; SPACE-TIME; SU GROUPS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; QUASI PARTICLES; SYMMETRY GROUPS; 662120* - General Theory of Particles & Fields- Symmetry, Conservation Laws, Currents & Their Properties- (1992-)

Citation Formats

Grabowski, M P, and Tze, Chia-Hsiung. On the octonionic Nahm equations and self-dual membranes in 9 dimensions. United States: N. p., 1992. Web.
Grabowski, M P, & Tze, Chia-Hsiung. On the octonionic Nahm equations and self-dual membranes in 9 dimensions. United States.
Grabowski, M P, and Tze, Chia-Hsiung. 1992. "On the octonionic Nahm equations and self-dual membranes in 9 dimensions". United States.
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abstractNote = {We introduce an analog of the Nahm equations for the spatially constant Yang-Mills gauge fields in 8 dimensions. We show that they can be derived from the vanishing of an octonionic moment map. In the case when the gauge group is SU ([infinity]) the octonionic Nahm equations provide a self-duality condition for a membrane in 9 dimensional space-time.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
month = {Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992}
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