Octonionic instantons in eight dimensions

Abstract

In this letter, we study the instanton moduli space of the eight-dimensional solutions of the self-duality equation $F\wedge F= \ast F\wedge F$. Using the known ADHM-construction of such instantons, we compute the dimension of the space of solutions to this construction. We find a general $N$-instanton solution of the 't Hooft type which depends on $8N+1$ free parameters and investigate the cases $N=2$ and $N=3$ in detail.