Symmetric calorons

Ward, R.S.

Abstract

Calorons (periodic instantons) interpolate between monopoles and instantons, and their holonomy gives approximate Skyrmion configurations. We show that, for each caloron charge N4, there exists a one-parameter family of calorons which are symmetric under subgroups of the three-dimensional rotation group. In each family, the corresponding symmetric monopoles and symmetric instantons occur as limiting cases. Symmetric calorons therefore provide a connection between symmetric monopoles, symmetric instantons and Skyrmions.

Citation

Ward, R. (2004). Symmetric calorons. Physics Letters B, 582(3-4), 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.12.051

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 18, 2003
• Online Publication Date: Jan 17, 2004
• Publication Date: Mar 4, 2004
• Deposit Date: Apr 27, 2007
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 26, 2017
• Journal: Physics Letters B
• Print ISSN: 0370-2693
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 582
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 203-210
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2003.12.051