Topological electric charge
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By treating magnetic charge as a gauge symmetry through the introduction of a ``magnetic'' pseudo four-vector potential, it is shown that it is possible, using the 't Hooft-Polyakov construction, to obtain a topological electric charge. The mass of this electrically charged particle is found to be on the order of {1 / 137} M_W as opposed to the much larger mass (on the order of 137 M_W) of the magnetic soliton. Some model building possibilities are discussed.
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- University of Virginia United States
- University of Virginia United States
High Energy Physics - Theory, Applications of global analysis to the sciences, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), gauge symmetry, topological electric charge, FOS: Physical sciences, Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
High Energy Physics - Theory, Applications of global analysis to the sciences, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), gauge symmetry, topological electric charge, FOS: Physical sciences, Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory
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