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Spatial Geometry and the Wu-Yang Ambiguity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v2

Abstract

We display continuous families of SU(2) vector potentials Aia(x)A_i^a(x) in 3 space dimensions which generate the same magnetic field Bai(x)B^{ai}(x) (with det B0B\neq 0). These Wu-Yang families are obtained from the Einstein equation Rij=2GijR_{ij}=-2G_{ij} derived recently via a local map of the gauge field system into a spatial geometry with 22-tensor Gij=BaiBajdetBG_{ij}=B^a{}_i B^a{}_j\det B and connection Γjki\Gamma_{jk}^i with torsion defined from gauge covariant derivatives of BB.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9412151,
  title  = {Spatial Geometry and the Wu-Yang Ambiguity},
  author = {Daniel Z. Freedman and Ramzi R. Khuri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9412151},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Based on talks given by R. Khuri at PASCOS-94, Syracuse University, May 1994 and at Gursey Memorial Conference I, Istanbul, June 1994, 7 pages, TeX (typo in first Author's name is corrected.)