Instantons and Monopoles in General Abelian Gauges
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A relation between the total instanton number and the quantum-numbers of magnetic monopoles that arise in general Abelian gauges in SU(2) YangMills theory is established. The instanton number is expressed as the sum of the ‘twists’ of all monopoles, where the twist is related to a generalized Hopf invariant. The origin of a stronger relation between instantons and monopoles in the Polyakov gauge is discussed.
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تاریخ انتشار 1999