Yang-Mills connections valued on the octonionic algebra
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-08-19 v2 Mathematical Physics
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Abstract
We consider a formulation of Yang-Mills theory where the gauge field is valued on an octonionic algebra and the gauge transformation is the group of automorphisms of it. We show, under mild assumptions, that the only possible gauge formulations are the usual or Yang-Mills theories.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1412.4889,
title = {Yang-Mills connections valued on the octonionic algebra},
author = {A. Restuccia and J. P. Veiro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.4889},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Proceedings for the XIX Simposio Chileno de Fisica, SOCHIFI 2014 Conference, 26-28 November 2014, held at Concepcion U., Chile