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Twisted Self-duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-09-15 v2

Abstract

We examine a generalisation of the usual self-duality equations for Yang-Mills theory when the colour space admits a non-trivial involution. This involution allows us to construct a non-trivial twist which may be combined with the Hodge star to form a twisted self-dual curvature. We will construct a simple example of twisted self-duality for su(2)su(2)su(2) \oplus su(2) gauge theory along with its explicit solutions and then dimensionally reduce from four dimensions to obtain families of non-trivial non-linear equations in lower dimensions. This twisted self-duality constraint will be shown to arise in E_7 exceptional field theory through a Scherk-Schwarz reduction and we will show how an Eguchi-Hanson gravitational instanton also obeys the twisted self-duality condition.

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@article{arxiv.2208.09891,
  title  = {Twisted Self-duality},
  author = {David S. Berman and Tancredi Schettini Gherardini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.09891},
  year   = {2022}
}

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