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Null-tetrad formulation of the Yang-Mills field equations

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The Yang-Mills dynamical variables in the presence of gravitation are presented in terms of new variables by means of a null-tetrad and spin coefficient method. The Yang-Mills equations in curved space are consequently written in the null-tetrad method. The resulting equations then resemble the Newman-Penrose version of Maxwell’s equations extended to a non-Abelian gauge group. A special consideration is then given to the flat-space case, thus recovering the usual Yang-Mills theory, but now written in the null-tetrad method. The advantages of the new approach to the Yang-Mills equations are illustrated by considering the problem of exact solutions of these equations both in the presence and in the absence of gravitation.

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Si presentano le variabili dinamiche di Yang-Mills in presenza di gravità, sulla base di nuove variabili per mezzo del metodo di una tetrade nulla e dei coefficienti di spin. Le equazioni di Yang-Mills nello spazio curvo sono soritte di conseguenza secondo il metodo della tetrade nulla. Le equazioni ricavate somigliano alla versione di Newman-Penrose delle equazioni di Maxwell estese a un gruppo di gauge non abeliano. Si dedica poi speciale attenziono al caso dello spazio piatto, reinstaurando così la solita teoria di Yang-Mills, ora enunciata però secondo il metodo della tetrade nulla. Si illustrano i vantaggi del nuovo approccio all’equazioni di Yang-Mills considerando il problema delle esatte soluzioni di queste equazioni in presenza ed in assenza di gravità.

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Carmeli, M., Charac, C. & Kaye, M. Null-tetrad formulation of the Yang-Mills field equations. Nuovo Cim 45, 310–334 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02894687

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