Abstract
LetMbe an 8-manifold and E be an SO(8) bundle on M. In a previous paper [F. Ozdemir and A.H. Bilge, "Self-duality in dimensions 2n > 4: equivalence of various definitions and the derivation of the octonionic instanton solution", ARI (1999) 51:247-253], we have shown that if the second Pontrjagin number p2 of the bundle E is minimal, then the components of the curvature 2-form matrix F with respect to a local orthonormal frame are Fij = cijωij, where cij's are certain functions and the ωij's are strong self-dual 2-forms such that for all distinct i, j, k, l, the products ωijωjk are self dual and ωijωkl are anti self-dual. We prove that if the cij's are equal to each other and the manifold M is conformally flat, then the octonionic instanton solution given in [B.Grossman, T.W.Kephart, J.D.Stasheff, Commun. Math. Phys., 96, 431-437, (1984)] is unique in this class
Export citation and abstract BibTeX RIS
Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.