English

Spin(7)-instantons, Cayley submanifolds, and Fueter sections

Differential Geometry 2018-10-04 v3

Abstract

We prove an existence theorem for Spin(7)-instantons, which are highly concentrated near a Cayley submanifold; thus giving a partial converse to Tian's foundational compactness theorem. As an application, we show how to construct Spin(7)-instantons on Spin(7)-manifolds with suitable local K3 Cayley fibrations. This recovers an example constructed by Lewis.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1409.6705,
  title  = {Spin(7)-instantons, Cayley submanifolds, and Fueter sections},
  author = {Thomas Walpuski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.6705},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

v3: published version. Section 3 draws heavily from a corresponding section in arXiv:1205.5350

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