Monopoles, Duality, and String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Dirac showed that the existence of magnetic monopoles would imply quantization of electric charge. I discuss the converse, and propose two `principles of completeness' which I illustrate with various examples.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0304042,
title = {Monopoles, Duality, and String Theory},
author = {Joseph Polchinski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0304042},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Presented at the Dirac Centennial Symposium, Tallahassee, Dec. 6-7, 2002