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SU(2) solutions to self-duality equations in eight dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-30 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We consider the octonionic self-duality equations on eight-dimensional manifolds of the form M8=M4×R4M_8=M_4\times \R^4, where M4M_4 is a hyper-K\"ahler four-manifold. We construct explicit solutions to these equations and their symmetry reductions to the non-abelian Seiberg-Witten equations on M4M_4 in the case when the gauge group is SU(2). These solutions are singular for flat and Eguchi-Hanson backgrounds. For M4=R×GM_4=\R\times {\mathcal G} with a cohomogeneity one hyper-K\"ahler metric, where G{\mathcal G} is a nilpotent (Bianchi II) Lie group, we find a solution which is singular only on a single-sided domain wall. This gives rise to a regular solution of the non-abelian Seiberg-Witten equations on a four-dimensional nilpotent Lie group which carries a regular conformally hyper-K\"ahler metric.

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@article{arxiv.1109.4537,
  title  = {SU(2) solutions to self-duality equations in eight dimensions},
  author = {Maciej Dunajski and Moritz Hoegner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.4537},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Dedicated to Jerzy Lukierski on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Final version, to appear in JGP

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