Topological Electric Charge
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9701040,
title = {Topological Electric Charge},
author = {Douglas Singleton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9701040},
year = {2007}
}
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