The Hopf fibration—seven times in physics
Abstract
It is pointed out that the Hopf fibration—a special but very basic non-trivial principal fiber bundle—occurs in at least seven different situations in theoretical physics in various guises. Surprisingly, the gauge theory aspect is in the minority here.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geometry and Physics
- Pub Date:
- May 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0393-0440(02)00121-3
- Bibcode:
- 2003JGP....46..125U