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Self-dual String and Higher Instanton Solutions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-04-02 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We present and discuss explicit solutions to the non-abelian self-dual string equation as well as to the non-abelian self-duality equation in six dimensions. These solutions are generalizations of the 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole and the BPST instanton to higher gauge theory. We expect that these solutions are relevant to the effective description of M2- and M5-branes.

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@article{arxiv.1312.5644,
  title  = {Self-dual String and Higher Instanton Solutions},
  author = {Sam Palmer and Christian Saemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.5644},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

23 pages, 2 figures, v2 presentation improved, minor errors corrected, new subsection with comments

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