Linear field equations on self-dual spaces

Abstract In a Riemannian context, a description is given of the Penrose correspondence between solutions of the anti-self-dual zero rest-mass field equations in a self-dual Yang-Mills background on a self-dual space X, and the sheaf cohomology groups H1(Z, OF(n)), for n ≤ -2of its twistor space Z. The case n = - 2 is fundamental for the construction of instantons on Euclidean space. It is further shown how H1(Z, OF(-1)) corresponds to solutions of the self-dual Dirac equation, and an interpretation for H1(Z, OF(n)), for n ≥ 0, is given in terms of the cohomology of an elliptic complex on X.