A ${\mathbf{Z}}_2$ Structure in the Configuration Space of Yang-Mills Theories

Minos Axenides, Andrei Johansen, Jesper Moller

We argue for the presence of a ${\mathbf{Z}}_2$ topological structure in the space of static gauge-Higgs field configurations of $SU(2n)$ and $SO(2n)$ Yang-Mills theories. We rigorously…