GROUP-ACTIONS ON PRINCIPAL BUNDLES AND INVARIANCE CONDITIONS FOR GAUGE-FIELDS

被引:110
作者
HARNAD, J [1 ]
SHNIDER, S [1 ]
VINET, L [1 ]
机构
[1] MCGILL UNIV,DEPT MATH,MONTREAL H3C 3G1,QUEBEC,CANADA
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10.1063/1.524389
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Invariance conditions for gauge fields under smooth group actions are interpreted in terms of invariant connections on principal bundles. A classification of group actions on bundles as automorphisms projecting to an action on a base manifold with a sufficiently regular orbit structure is given in terms of group homorphisms and a generalization of Wang's theorem classifying invariant connections is derived. Illustrative examples on compactified Minkowski space are given. © 1980 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:2719 / 2724
页数:6
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