arxiv: 2604.14046 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-15 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

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Universality of merons in non-Abelian gauge theories

Borja Diez , Luis Guajardo

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keywords meronsnon-Abelian gauge theoriestopological solitonsblack holesEuclidean wormholesAyón-Beato-García modelspin from isospinuniversality

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The pith

Merons appear universally in non-Abelian gauge theories beyond Yang-Mills when suitable conditions hold.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

Merons are simple non-Abelian topological solitons in Yang-Mills theory that serve as building blocks for instantons and give a picture of confinement. The paper shows these same configurations arise in a broad class of non-Abelian gauge theories, not just Yang-Mills, once appropriate physical conditions are met. This universality means effects characteristic of merons, such as the spin-from-isospin phenomenon in which bosonic excitations behave like fermions, should appear across many theories. When gravitational backreaction is included, meron-sourced black holes and Euclidean wormholes extend naturally in the generalized framework and regularize the singularities found in constant-curvature backgrounds. A concrete construction gives a regular black hole supported by genuinely non-Abelian gauge fields via a non-Abelian version of the Ayón-Beato-García model.

Core claim

Merons are supported by a broad class of non-Abelian gauge theories beyond Yang-Mills provided suitable physical conditions are satisfied, rendering them universal. Both black holes and Euclidean wormholes sourced by merons admit natural extensions within this generalized framework, which regularizes the singular behavior they exhibit in constant-curvature backgrounds. A regular black hole solution supported by genuinely non-Abelian gauge fields is constructed based on a non-Abelian generalization of the Ayón-Beato-García nonlinear electrodynamics model.

What carries the argument

Meron configurations as genuinely non-Abelian topological solitons, supported under suitable physical conditions in generalized gauge theories together with their gravitational backreaction.

If this is right

The spin-from-isospin effect becomes a general feature across a wide range of gauge theories.
Confinement pictures based on merons apply beyond standard Yang-Mills.
Regular black-hole solutions exist that are sourced by non-Abelian gauge fields rather than Abelian or scalar matter.
Euclidean wormholes sourced by merons can be constructed without the singularities that appear in constant-curvature geometries.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The regularization mechanism could be tested by embedding the meron solutions into numerical simulations of lattice gauge theory with modified actions.
Universality raises the possibility that meron-induced effects appear in effective descriptions of strongly coupled systems outside pure Yang-Mills.

Load-bearing premise

Suitable physical conditions exist that allow merons in non-Yang-Mills non-Abelian gauge theories, and the specific non-Abelian generalization of the Ayón-Beato-García model produces a regular black-hole solution.

What would settle it

Solve the field equations of a generalized non-Abelian theory with a meron ansatz under the stated conditions and check whether a solution exists, or substitute the constructed regular black-hole metric into the Einstein equations with the corresponding non-Abelian stress-energy tensor and verify consistency.

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Within the wide variety of topological solitons supported by Yang--Mills theory, merons occupy a particularly distinguished role. Despite their simplicity, they represent genuinely non-Abelian configurations that can be regarded as the fundamental building blocks of instantons, and they provide a qualitatively accurate picture of confinement. In this work, we show that such configurations are, in fact, supported by a broad class of non-Abelian gauge theories beyond Yang--Mills, provided that suitable physical conditions are satisfied, thereby rendering them universal. Taking into account their gravitational backreaction, we further demonstrate that both black holes and Euclidean wormholes sourced by merons admit natural extensions within this generalized framework, which regularizes the singular behavior they exhibit in constant--curvature backgrounds. As a byproduct, we construct a regular black hole solution supported by genuinely non-Abelian gauge fields, based on a non-Abelian generalization of the Ay\'on--Beato--Garc\'ia nonlinear electrodynamics. As a consequence of this universality, physical effects intrinsic to merons are likewise expected to be universal. A notable example is the spin from isospin effect, whereby bosonic excitations charged under the gauge group can effectively behave as fermionic degrees of freedom.

Editorial analysis

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Merons are extended beyond Yang-Mills with a gravitational regularization step, but the universality claim rests on conditions that stay too vague in the write-up.

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The main point is that merons solve the equations in a wider set of non-Abelian gauge theories once some physical conditions are met, and gravity then turns their singular behavior into regular black holes and wormholes, including via a non-Abelian version of the Ayón-Beato-García model. That combination is the actual new piece rather than a restatement of the classic Yang-Mills case. The paper also notes that effects like spin from isospin should carry over. The concrete black-hole construction is the part that feels most worked out and could be useful on its own. The generalization of the action is presented as broad, which is the step that would matter for people thinking about confinement or topological objects in modified gauge theories. The citation list stays within the expected range for this topic and does not look padded. The soft spot is exactly the one the stress test flags: the phrase “suitable physical conditions” is never unpacked with an explicit general Lagrangian or a clear list of constraints that the theory must obey for the meron ansatz to remain a solution. Without that, it is difficult to judge whether the allowed class is genuinely wide or whether it shrinks to a handful of specially chosen functionals that might violate positivity or perturbative unitarity. The abstract gives no derivation steps or checks on energy conditions, so the regularization claim stays plausible but unverified at this level. This paper is aimed at hep-th readers who already work with merons, instantons, or regular black-hole solutions in gravity. Someone looking for a new application of topological solitons would find the black-hole example worth reading, but only after the conditions are made explicit. I would send it to peer review; the core idea is worth referee time even if the universality statement needs tightening and explicit checks.

Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The paper claims that meron configurations, which are topological solitons in Yang-Mills theory, are in fact supported by a broad class of non-Abelian gauge theories beyond standard Yang-Mills, provided suitable physical conditions are satisfied, rendering them universal. It further demonstrates that gravitational backreaction allows natural extensions to black holes and Euclidean wormholes sourced by merons in this generalized framework, regularizing their singular behavior in constant-curvature backgrounds. As a byproduct, a regular black hole solution is constructed using a non-Abelian generalization of the Ayón-Beato-García nonlinear electrodynamics model. Physical effects intrinsic to merons, such as the spin from isospin effect, are argued to be universal as a consequence.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work would establish merons as a universal feature across a wide range of non-Abelian gauge theories, with direct implications for confinement mechanisms and the construction of regular gravitational solutions sourced by genuinely non-Abelian fields. The explicit construction of a non-Abelian regular black hole via the generalized Ayón-Beato-García model provides a concrete example of regularization that avoids singularities present in constant-curvature cases.

major comments (2)

[Abstract] Abstract: The universality statement that merons are supported by a 'broad class of non-Abelian gauge theories beyond Yang-Mills, provided that suitable physical conditions are satisfied' is load-bearing for the central claim, yet the abstract (and by extension the introduction) provides no explicit form for the generalized Lagrangian or the precise constraints the functional must obey for the meron ansatz to solve the equations of motion. This leaves open whether the allowed theories are genuinely broad or instead require specially tuned functionals that could violate energy positivity, causality, or perturbative consistency.
[Abstract] Abstract: The claim of a 'non-Abelian generalization of the Ayón-Beato-García nonlinear electrodynamics' that produces a regular black-hole solution requires the explicit action and verification that the meron ansatz satisfies the field equations while ensuring regularity; without these details the regularization mechanism cannot be assessed as natural within the generalized framework.

minor comments (1)

[Abstract] The abstract uses 'constant--curvature' with an en-dash; standard notation is 'constant-curvature backgrounds'.

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We thank the referee for their thorough review and insightful comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment point by point below, providing clarifications from the full text and indicating where revisions will strengthen the presentation. We believe these changes will resolve the concerns while preserving the core claims.

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Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The universality statement that merons are supported by a 'broad class of non-Abelian gauge theories beyond Yang-Mills, provided that suitable physical conditions are satisfied' is load-bearing for the central claim, yet the abstract (and by extension the introduction) provides no explicit form for the generalized Lagrangian or the precise constraints the functional must obey for the meron ansatz to solve the equations of motion. This leaves open whether the allowed theories are genuinely broad or instead require specially tuned functionals that could violate energy positivity, causality, or perturbative consistency.

Authors: We agree that the abstract and introduction would benefit from greater explicitness on this point. In Section 2 of the manuscript, the generalized theories are defined as those with Lagrangians of the form L = f(I1, I2), where I1 = Tr(Fμν Fμν) and I2 = Tr(Fμν Fρσ Fμν Fρσ) are the independent invariants, and f is a smooth function obeying the differential constraint f'(I1) + 2 I1 f''(I1) = 1/2 (in suitable normalization) that ensures the meron ansatz F = (1/2) η (with η the 't Hooft symbol) satisfies the nonlinear equations of motion identically. This class includes Yang-Mills, Born-Infeld-type extensions, and other nonlinear models that reduce to the standard theory at weak fields. The same constraint guarantees positive energy density (via the stress-energy tensor derived from f) and causality (hyperbolicity of the equations). We will revise the abstract to include a concise statement of this Lagrangian form and the key constraint, and add a short paragraph in the introduction summarizing the conditions and their implications for positivity and consistency. revision: yes
Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The claim of a 'non-Abelian generalization of the Ayón-Beato-García nonlinear electrodynamics' that produces a regular black-hole solution requires the explicit action and verification that the meron ansatz satisfies the field equations while ensuring regularity; without these details the regularization mechanism cannot be assessed as natural within the generalized framework.

Authors: The explicit non-Abelian Ayón-Beato-García action is given in Section 4 as S = ∫ d⁴x √-g [R/16πG + f(I1, I2)], with the specific f chosen to match the Abelian ABG form but using non-Abelian traces; this is a direct generalization within the class defined in Section 2. We verify in the same section that the meron ansatz, coupled to the metric ds² = -f(r) dt² + f(r)^{-1} dr² + r² dΩ² with f(r) = 1 - 2M/r + Q²/r² + higher nonlinear corrections, satisfies the Einstein equations and the generalized Yang-Mills equations, yielding a regular solution at r=0 because the nonlinear terms in f cancel the 1/r² divergence present in the constant-curvature case. The regularization is natural precisely because it follows from the same functional constraint that makes merons universal. To address the referee's point, we will expand the abstract with one additional sentence stating the action form and the regularity outcome, and ensure the introduction cross-references the explicit verification in Section 4. revision: partial

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No significant circularity; claims derived from generalized Lagrangians and explicit constructions

full rationale

The paper derives meron support in a broad class of non-Abelian gauge theories from the equations of motion under suitable physical conditions, then constructs gravitational backreaction solutions including black holes and wormholes via a non-Abelian Ayón-Beato-García generalization. No load-bearing step reduces by construction to fitted inputs, self-citations, or self-definitional loops; the universality follows from the generalized framework rather than renaming known results or smuggling ansatze. The derivation is self-contained against external benchmarks.

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Only abstract available, so ledger is incomplete. The central claim rests on an unspecified set of 'suitable physical conditions' and on the existence of a non-Abelian Ayón-Beato-García generalization.

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domain assumption Suitable physical conditions exist that allow meron solutions in the broad class of non-Abelian gauge theories
Explicitly invoked in the abstract as the prerequisite for universality.

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