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Conformal properties of pseudoparticle configurations

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
The known Euclidean Yang-Mills pseudoparticle solutions with Pontryagin index n are parametrized by 5n constants describing the size and location of each pseudoparticle. By insisting on conformal covariance of the solutions, we show that more general solutions exist: they are parametrized by 5n + 4 constants. We further demonstrate that the additional degrees of freedom are not gauge artifacts and correspond to a new degeneracy of pseudoparticle configurations.
Research Organization:
Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI ID:
7118047
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 15:6; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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