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Exotic Instantons in Eight Dimensions

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In this paper, we study the (anti-)self-duality equations \(*F\wedge F=\pm F\wedge F\) in the eight-dimensional Euclidean space. Using properties of the Clifford algebra \(Cl_{0,8}({\mathbb {R}})\), we find a new solution to these equations.

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Loginov, E.K., Loginova, E.D. Exotic Instantons in Eight Dimensions. Adv. Appl. Clifford Algebras 31, 80 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00006-021-01183-y

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