Charge Quantization Conditions Based on the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem

DOI10.1143/PTP.115.1137MaRDI QIDQ5493054zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shinichi Deguchi, Kaoru Kitsukawa

Publication date 20 October 2006

Published in Progress of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0512063

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20) Applications of PDEs on manifolds (58J90) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: Dirac's quantization condition, $eg=n/2$ ($ninBbbZ$), and Schwinger's quantization condition, $eg=n$ ($ninBbbZ$), for an electric charge $e$ and a magnetic charge $g$ are derived by utilizing the Atiyah-Singer index theorem in two dimensions. The massless Dirac equation on a sphere with a magnetic-monopole background is solved in order to count the number of zero-modes of the Dirac operator.

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