The spacetime algebra approach to massive classical electrodynamics with magnetic monopoles

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DOI10.1007/S00006-006-0014-7zbMATH Open1113.78003arXivmath-ph/0702006OpenAlexW3105329498MaRDI QIDQ871654FDOQ871654

Carlo Cafaro, Sean Alan Ali

Publication date: 20 March 2007

Published in: Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Maxwell's equations with massive photons and magnetic monopoles are formulated using spacetime algebra. It is demonstrated that a single non-homogeneous multi-vectorial equation describes the theory. Two limiting cases are considered and their symmetries highlighted: massless photons with magnetic monopoles and finite photon mass in the absence of monopoles. Finally, it is shown that the EM-duality invariance is a symmetry of the Hamiltonian density (for Minkowskian spacetime) and Lagrangian density (for Euclidean 4-space) that reflects the signature of the respective metric manifold.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0702006






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