Comments on the Gribov Ambiguity

Abstract

We discuss the existence of Gribov ambiguities in $SU(m)\times U(1)$ gauge theories over the $n-$spheres. We achieve our goal by showing that there is exactly one conjugacy class of groups of gauge transformations for the theories given above. This implies that these transformation groups are conjugate to the ones of the trivial $SU(m)\times U(1)$ fiber bundles over the $n-$spheres. By using properties of the space of maps $Map_{\ast}(S^n,G)$ where $G$ is one of $U(1)$, $SU(m)$ we are able to determine the homotopy type of the groups of gauge transformations in terms of the homotopy groups of $G$. The non-triviality of these homotopy groups gives the desired result.