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Conformal properties of the BPST instantons of the generalised Yang-Mills system

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A manifestly O(4p+1) invariant formulation of generalised Yang-Mills (GYM) theory on S 4p {r|r·r=1} ⊂ R 4p+1is given, and the corresponding BPST instantons and anti-instantons are shown to be solutions of the equations of motion.

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  1. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Theoretical Physics, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland

    Diarmuid O'Sé

  2. Department of Mathematical Physics, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland

    D. H. Tchrakian

  3. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Theoretic Physics, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland

    D. H. Tchrakian

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O'Sé, D., Tchrakian, D.H. Conformal properties of the BPST instantons of the generalised Yang-Mills system. Lett Math Phys 13, 211–218 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00423448

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