135 research outputs found
S-duality in Abelian gauge theory revisited
Definition of the partition function of U(1) gauge theory is extended to a
class of four-manifolds containing all compact spaces and certain
asymptotically locally flat (ALF) ones including the multi-Taub--NUT spaces.
The partition function is calculated via zeta-function regularization with
special attention to its modular properties. In the compact case, compared with
the purely topological result of Witten, we find a non-trivial curvature
correction to the modular weights of the partition function. But S-duality can
be restored by adding gravitational counter terms to the Lagrangian in the
usual way. In the ALF case however we encounter non-trivial difficulties
stemming from original non-compact ALF phenomena. Fortunately our careful
definition of the partition function makes it possible to circumnavigate them
and conclude that the partition function has the same modular properties as in
the compact case.Comment: LaTeX; 22 pages, no figure
A Global Uniqueness Theorem for Stationary Black Holes
A global uniqueness theorem for stationary black holes is proved as a direct
consequence of the Topological Censorship Theorem and the topological
classification of compact, simply connected four-manifolds.Comment: 9 pages, latex, journal reference adde
Explicit construction of the complex structure on the six dimensional sphere
New proof of existence of the novel complex structure on the six-sphere,
followed by an explicit computation of its underlying integrable almost complex
tensor by the aid of inner automorphisms of the octonions, is exhibited. Both
are elementary and self-contained however the size and complexity of the
emerging almost complex tensor field on the six-sphere is perplexing.Comment: 18 pages, no figures, LaTeX; all known facts on the Dolbeault
cohomology of a hypothetical complex six-sphere has been reproduced within
this constructio
Classification of 't Hooft instantons over multi-centered gravitational instantons
This work presents a classification of all smooth 't Hooft-Jackiw-Nohl-Rebbi
instantons over Gibbons-Hawking spaces. That is, we find all smooth SU(2)
Yang-Mills instantons over these spaces which arise by conformal rescalings of
the metric with suitable functions.
Since the Gibbons-Hawking spaces are hyper-Kahler gravitational instantons,
the rescaling functions must be positive harmonic. By using twistor methods we
present integral formulae for the kernel of the Laplacian associated to these
spaces. These integrals are generalizations of the classical Whittaker-Watson
formula. By the aid of these we prove that all 't Hooft instantons have already
been found in a recent paper.
This result also shows that actually all such smooth 't
Hooft-Jackiw-Nohl-Rebbi instantons describe singular magnetic monopoles over
the flat three-space with zero magnetic charge moreover the reducible ones
generate the the full L^2 cohomology of the Gibbons-Hawking spaces.Comment: 18 pages, LaTeX, no figures; journal reference has been include
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