Temporary Singularities and Axions: An Analytic Solution that Challenges Charge Conservation

DOI10.1002/ANDP.202000565MaRDI QIDQ6069947zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jonathan Gratus, Paul Kinsler, Martin W. McCall

Publication date 17 November 2023

Published in Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.02135

zbMATH Keywords

charge conservationconstitutive relationselectromagnetismgauge freedomtopology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: We construct an analytic solution to Maxwell's equations that violates global charge conservation, by building on the possibilities demonstrated in [Foundations of Physics 49, 330 (2019)]. The construction is valid for a spacetime containing a temporary singularity and a Maxwellian electrodynamics containing a proposed "topological" axion field. As such, it demonstrates that although "physics breaks down" at a singularity, the physical laws on the spacetime still impose constraints on what can happen. Further, the concepts of transformation optics can be applied to show that our specific mathematical solution has a much wider applicability.

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