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Are magnetic monopoles hadrons?

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

The charges of magnetic monopoles are constrained to a multiple of 2π2\pi times the inverse of the elementary unit electric charge. In the standard model, quarks have fractional charge, raising the question of whether the basic magnetic monople unit is a multiple of 2π/e2 \pi/e or three times that. A simple lattice construction shows how a magnetic monopole of the lower strength is possible if it interacts with gluonic fields as well. Such a monopole is thus a hadron. This is consistent with the construction of magnetic monopoles in grand unified theories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0408013,
  title  = {Are magnetic monopoles hadrons?},
  author = {Michael Creutz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0408013},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Poster presented at Lattice2004(topology), Fermilab, June 21-26, 2004. 3 pages, 5 figures