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On Symmetric Gauge Fields for arbitrary Gauge and Symmetry Groups

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-04-15 v1

Abstract

A classification of the possible symmetric principal bundles with a compact gauge group, a compact symmetry group and a base manifold which is regularly foliated by the orbits of the symmetry group is derived. A generalization of Wang's theorem (classifying the invariant connections) is proven and local expressions for the gauge potential of an invariant connection are given.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9610024,
  title  = {On Symmetric Gauge Fields for arbitrary Gauge and Symmetry Groups},
  author = {Othmar Brodbeck},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9610024},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, Latex, talk given at Les Journees Relativistes 96, Ascona, Switzerland, May 26-30, to appear in Helv. Phys. Acta