Charge quantisation without magnetic poles: a topological approach to electromagnetism

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2015.09.011MaRDI QIDQ898630zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Romero Solha

Publication date 18 December 2015

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.6716

zbMATH Keywords

charge quantisationelectromagnetismHermitian line bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric quantization (53D50) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

Abstract: The present work provides a theoretical explanation for the quantisation of electric charges, an open problem since Millikan's oil drop experiment in 1909. This explanation is based solely on Maxwell's theory, it recasts Electromagnetic theory under the language of complex line bundles; therefore, neither magnetic poles nor quantum mechanics are invoked. The existence of magnetic poles was essentially the only theoretical explanation for charge quantisation (e.g. Dirac's magnetic pole), and there is no experimental data supporting their existence.

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