Are magnetic monopoles hadrons?
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
The charges of magnetic monopoles are constrained to a multiple of 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 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.
Cite
@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