Magnetic QED
| dc.creator | Ford, Chris | |
| dc.date | 2008-07-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:45:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:45:09Z | |
| dc.description | A non-Hermitian form of QED is presented which describes interacting Dirac monopoles. The theory is related by a canonical transformation to a model proposed by Milton. As in Hermitian QED an abelian gauge potential is coupled to a four-component fermion. Under proper Lorentz transformations and time-reversal the fermion field transforms like a Dirac spinor but has a non-standard parity transformation. This implements the property that magnetic charge, unlike electric charge, is parity-odd. A consequence of the non-Hermiticity is that there is an attractive force between identical charged particles, at least in the weakly coupled regime. This effect can be understood even at the classical level; a simple calculation of the force between classical Dirac monopoles is presented which shows that like charge monopoles attract and opposite charges repel. | |
| dc.description | 8 pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4426 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4426 | |
| dc.identifier | J.Phys.A41:482001,2008 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1088/1751-8113/41/48/482001 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/201788 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Magnetic QED | |
| dc.type | text |