A mild source for the Wu-Yang magnetic monopole

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AB0049zbMATH Open1509.70032arXiv1611.07041WikidataQ128585551 ScholiaQ128585551MaRDI QIDQ6280004FDOQ6280004

L. A. Ferreira, Clisthenis P. Constantinidis, G. Luchini

Publication date: 21 November 2016

Abstract: We establish that the Wu-Yang monopole needs the introduction of a magnetic point source at the origin in order for it to be a solution of the differential and integral equations for the Yang-Mills theory. That result is corroborated by the analysis through distribution theory, of the two types of magnetic fields relevant for the local and global properties of the Wu-Yang solution. The subtlety lies on the fact that with the non-vanishing magnetic point source required by the Yang-Mills integral equations, the Wu-Yang monopole configuration does not violate, in the sense of distribution theory, the differential Bianchi identity.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15)

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