C. A. da Silva ; L. A. Ferreira - On the gauge-invariant dynamical charges and densities of the 1-instanton solution

ocnmp:18516 - Open Communications in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, June 26, 2026, Special Issue in honour of Jarmo Hietarinta - https://doi.org/10.46298/ocnmp.18516
On the gauge-invariant dynamical charges and densities of the 1-instanton solutionArticle

Authors: C. A. da Silva ; L. A. Ferreira

We study the gauge-invariant dynamically conserved charges, and their corresponding densities, for instanton solutions of Yang-Mills theories in four dimensional Euclidean space, for the gauge group $SU(2)$. Those charges were constructed in [1,2] through the integral equations of Yang-Mills theory, using techniques on generalized loop spaces. We use the integral non-Abelian Gauss law to evaluate the gauge-invariant flux of the magnetic and electric non-Abelian fields through spherical surfaces centered at the origin of the instanton solution. From such a flux, we define gauge-invariant charge densities by considering the charge within an infinitesimal spherical shell of radius $r\equiv\sqrt{x_i \, x^i}/λ$, with $λ$ being the parameter of the instanton solution, defining its size, and $x_i \, x^i = (x^1)^2 + (x^{2})^2 + (x^{3})^2$. We discuss the issue of the reparameterization invariance of the charges and densities, and show that the magnetic and electric fluxes for the instanton and anti-instanton, at $r=1$ and $x^4 = 0$, $x^4$ being the Euclidean time, are non-zero and observable. Our results give an interesting picture of the internal structure of the instanton, and may be important for the properties of the Yang-Mills $θ$-vacuum.

43 pages, 6 figures, Version published in Open Communications in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, Special Issue Hietarinta 2026, ocnmp:18516, pp 141-183


Volume: Special Issue in honour of Jarmo Hietarinta
Published on: June 26, 2026
Accepted on: June 23, 2026
Submitted on: June 15, 2026
Keywords: High Energy Physics - Theory, Mathematical Physics, Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

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