Non-Abelian gauge-fixing conjecture for LpL^p potentials

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Let P→MP\to M be a smooth principal bundle, let 2p≥dim⁡M2p\geq\dim M, and let Ad⁡∗P\operatorname{Ad}_*P and Ad⁡P\operatorname{Ad}P denote the adjoint coefficient bundles for potentials and gauge transformations. Suppose

α∈Lp(Λ1M⊗Ad⁡∗P)\alpha\in L^p(\Lambda^1M\otimes\operatorname{Ad}_*P)

is a gauge potential with

F(α)∈Lp(Λ2M⊗Ad⁡∗P).F(\alpha)\in L^p(\Lambda^2M\otimes\operatorname{Ad}_*P).

Non-Abelian gauge-fixing conjecture. There exists a gauge transformation λ∈W1,p(Ad⁡P)\lambda\in W^{1,p}(\operatorname{Ad}P) such that

αλ:=Ad⁡∗(λ−1)α+λ−1dλ∈W1,p(Λ1M⊗Ad⁡∗P).\alpha^\lambda:=\operatorname{Ad}_*(\lambda^{-1})\alpha+\lambda^{-1}d\lambda\in W^{1,p}(\Lambda^1M\otimes\operatorname{Ad}_*P).

The Abelian case is established in the source, while this conjectural extension would provide the gauge-fixing needed for general homogeneous spaces.

References

Primary source

Sergiy Koshkin, “Homogeneous spaces and Faddeev-Skyrme models”, arXiv:math-ph/0608042 (2006).

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