General covariance and harmonic maps

Authors
Sternberg, S
Citation
S. Sternberg, General covariance and harmonic maps, P NAS US, 96(16), 1999, pp. 8845-8848
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN journal
00278424 → ACNP
Volume
96
Issue
16
Year of publication
1999
Pages
8845 - 8848
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(19990803)96:16<8845:GCAHM>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The principle of general covariance is used to derive the conditions for a map to be harmonic Modification to the harmonic map equations due to the pr esence of a Yang-Mills field is described.