Titel
On Interpolating Sesqui-Harmonic Maps Between Riemannian Manifolds
Abstract
Motivated from the action functional for bosonic strings with extrinsic curvature term we introduce an action functional for maps between Riemannian manifolds that interpolates between the actions for harmonic and biharmonic maps. Critical points of this functional will be called interpolating sesqui-harmonic maps. In this article we initiate a rigorous mathematical treatment of this functional and study various basic aspects of its critical points.
Stichwort
Interpolating sesqui-harmonic mapsHarmonic mapsBiharmonic mapsBosonic string with extrinsic curvature term
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:992836
Erschienen in
Titel
The Journal of Geometric Analysis
Verlag
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
© The Author(s) 2019

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