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Particle physics

finite-action solution of the Euclidean Yang-Mills equations that describes tunneling between topologically distinct vacua.

In particle physics, instanton refers to finite-action solution of the Euclidean Yang-Mills equations that describes tunneling between topologically distinct vacua. This meaning comes from Belavin (1975) in Physics Letters B.[1]

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References

Belavin, A. A., Polyakov, A. M., Schwartz, A. S., & Tyupkin, Y. S. (1975). Pseudoparticle solutions of the Yang-Mills equations. Physics Letters B, 59(1), 85-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(75)90163-x

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