Some remarks on the Gribov ambiguity. (English) Zbl 0379.53009
The author studies the quotient map of the set of all connections of a principal bundle over the 4-sphere with compact non-abelian Lie structure group by the action of the gauge group. He proves that this map has no section, showing that the ambiguity exhibited by V. N. Gribov [Instability of non-abelian gauge theories and impossibility of choice of Coloumb gauge. SLAC Translation 176 (1977)] for the Coulomb gauge occurs in all the gauges. The techniques used involve an approximation theorem and computations of homotopy groups of the gauge and related groups.
For Gribov’s article see http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-trans-0176.pdf.
For Gribov’s article see http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-trans-0176.pdf.
MSC:
| 53C05 | Connections (general theory) |
| 58B05 | Homotopy and topological questions for infinite-dimensional manifolds |
| 55Q05 | Homotopy groups, general; sets of homotopy classes |
| 53C80 | Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences |
| 58D05 | Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds |
| 58D30 | Applications of manifolds of mappings to the sciences |
| 81T99 | Quantum field theory; related classical field theories |
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