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The Dirac Monopole and Differential Characters

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We describe the Dirac monopole using the Cheeger-Simons differential characters. We comment on the r\^{o}le of the Dirac string and on the connection with Deligne cohomology.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math-ph/0504005,
  title  = {The Dirac Monopole and Differential Characters},
  author = {Nikos Kalogeropoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0504005},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, No figures, Standard LaTeX