Does magnetic charge imply a massive photon?

DOI10.1007/BF02085749zbMATH Open0875.81045arXivhep-th/9509157OpenAlexW3102172920MaRDI QIDQ2365448FDOQ2365448

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 24 March 1997

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In Abelian theories of monopoles the magnetic charge is required to be enormous. Using the electric-magnetic duality of electromagnetism it is argued that the existence of such a large, non-perturbative magnetic coupling should lead to a phase transition where magnetic charge is permanently confined and the photon becomes massive. The apparent masslessness of the photon could then be used as an argument against the existence of such a large, non-perturbative magnetic charge. Finally it is shown that even in the presence of this dynamical mass generation the Cabbibo-Ferrari formulation of magnetic charge gives a consistent theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9509157

zbMATH Keywords

electric-magnetic dualityAbelian monopole theories magnetic coupling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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