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Dimensional reduction, vortices and saddle points

Размерное приведение, вихри и седловые точки

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Summary

We reduce four-dimensionalSU 3 gauge theory to two-dimensionalU 2 orU 1 ×U 1 Yang-Mills-Higgs theory and study the topology of the four-dimensional and two-dimensional theories. The configurations which correspond to nontrivial topology,i.e. vortices and saddle points, are discussed.

Riassunto

Si riduce la teoria di gauge quadridimensionaleSU 3 e la teoria bidimensionale di Yang-Mills-HiggsU 2 oU 1 ×U 1 e si studia la topologia delle teorie quadridimensionali o bidimensionali. Si discutono le configurazioni che corrispondono alla topologia non banale, cioè vortici e punti di sella.

Резюме

Мы преобразуем четырехмернуюSU 3 калибровочную теорию к двухмернойU 2 илиU 1 ×U 1 теории Янга-Миллса-Хитгса. Исследуется топология четырехмерной и двумерной теорий. Обсуждаются конфигурации, которые соответствуют нетривиальной топологии, т.е. вихри и седловые точки.

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Burzlaff, J., Sherry, T.N. & Tchrakian, D.H. Dimensional reduction, vortices and saddle points. Nuov Cim A 87, 463–478 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02902365

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