A non-singular potential for the Dirac monopole

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(02)03071-XzbMATH Open1005.81050arXivhep-th/0209012OpenAlexW3098552240MaRDI QIDQ1852558FDOQ1852558

Authors: Ranjan Kumar Ghosh, Palash Baran Pal 

Publication date: 6 January 2003

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a new vector potential for the Abelian magnetic monopole. The potential is non-singular in the entire region around the monopole. We argue how the Dirac quantization condition can be derived for any choice of potential.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209012

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zbMATH Keywords

vector potentialDirac quantization conditionAbelian magnetic monopole

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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