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Instantons in non-Cartesian coordinates

A. A. Abrikosov

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/0009114

Abstract

The explicit multi-instanton solutions by 'tHooft and Jackiw, Nohl & Rebbi are generalized to curvilinear coordinates. The idea is that a gauge transformation can notably simplify the expressions obtained after the change of variables. The gauge transform generates a compensating addition to the gauge potential of pseudoparticles. Singularities of the compensating field are irrelevant for physics but may affect gauge dependent quantities.

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