Gauge group cohomology in the monopole sector of Yang–Mills theories

DOI10.1063/1.527844zbMath0652.57016OpenAlexW2039729310MaRDI QIDQ3797896

David McMullan, Ioannis Bakas

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527844

zbMATH Keywords

``descent tower of globally defined cocyclesChern-Simons secondary characteristic classesgauge group cohomology associated with Yang-Mills theoriesmonopole physicsmonopole sector of gauge theoriessectors with persistent boundary effectsYang-Mills dyons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30) Singular homology and cohomology theory (55N10)

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