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ADHM Construction of (Anti-)Self-dual Instantons in $4n$ Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-07-27 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The ADHM construction is a very strong scheme to construct the instantons in four dimensions. We study an ADHM construction of instantons in 4n (n2)4n~(n\geq2) dimensions by generalizing this scheme. The higher-dimensional ADHM construction generates the 4n4n-dimensional (anti-)self-dual instantons which satisfy the (anti-)self-dual equation in 4n4n dimensions: F(n)=±4nF(n)F(n)=\pm\ast_{4n}F(n). Here F(n)F(n) is the nnth wedge products of the gauge field strength 2-form FF. We also show that our scheme reproduces the known 4n4n-dimensional one-instantons and there are multi-instanton solutions of the 't Hooft type in the dilute instanton gas limit. Moreover we discuss a Harrington-Shepard type caloron in 4n4n dimensions and this monopole limit.

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@article{arxiv.1706.03518,
  title  = {ADHM Construction of (Anti-)Self-dual Instantons in $4n$ Dimensions},
  author = {Koki Takesue},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.03518},
  year   = {2017}
}

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23 pages, published version