Some boundedness properties of solutions to the Vafa–Witten equations on closed 4-manifolds

We consider a set of gauge-theoretic equations on closed oriented 4-manifolds, which was introduced by Vafa and Witten. The equations involve a triple consisting of a connection and extra fields associated to a principal bundle over a closed oriented 4-manifold. They are similar to Hitchin’s equatio...

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Main Author: Tanaka, Y
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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description We consider a set of gauge-theoretic equations on closed oriented 4-manifolds, which was introduced by Vafa and Witten. The equations involve a triple consisting of a connection and extra fields associated to a principal bundle over a closed oriented 4-manifold. They are similar to Hitchin’s equations over compact Riemann surfaces, and as part of the resemblance, there is no L2-bound on the curvature without an L2-bound on the extra fields. In this article, however, we observe that under the particular circumstance where the curvature does not become concentrated and the limiting connection is not locally reducible, one obtains an L2-bound on the extra fields.
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spelling oxford-uuid:eaeba2d3-25ee-4e4d-9a3e-d8d1828d76312022-03-27T11:05:48ZSome boundedness properties of solutions to the Vafa–Witten equations on closed 4-manifoldsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:eaeba2d3-25ee-4e4d-9a3e-d8d1828d7631Symplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2017Tanaka, YWe consider a set of gauge-theoretic equations on closed oriented 4-manifolds, which was introduced by Vafa and Witten. The equations involve a triple consisting of a connection and extra fields associated to a principal bundle over a closed oriented 4-manifold. They are similar to Hitchin’s equations over compact Riemann surfaces, and as part of the resemblance, there is no L2-bound on the curvature without an L2-bound on the extra fields. In this article, however, we observe that under the particular circumstance where the curvature does not become concentrated and the limiting connection is not locally reducible, one obtains an L2-bound on the extra fields.
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Some boundedness properties of solutions to the Vafa–Witten equations on closed 4-manifolds
title Some boundedness properties of solutions to the Vafa–Witten equations on closed 4-manifolds
title_full Some boundedness properties of solutions to the Vafa–Witten equations on closed 4-manifolds
title_fullStr Some boundedness properties of solutions to the Vafa–Witten equations on closed 4-manifolds
title_full_unstemmed Some boundedness properties of solutions to the Vafa–Witten equations on closed 4-manifolds
title_short Some boundedness properties of solutions to the Vafa–Witten equations on closed 4-manifolds
title_sort some boundedness properties of solutions to the vafa witten equations on closed 4 manifolds
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