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Torsion cycles as non-local magnetic sources in non-orientable spaces

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Non-orientable spaces can appear to carry net magnetic charge, even in the absence of magnetic sources. It is shown that this effect can be understood as a physical manifestation of the existence of torsion cycles of codimension one in the homology of space.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0405087,
  title  = {Torsion cycles as non-local magnetic sources in non-orientable spaces},
  author = {Marcos Alvarez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0405087},
  year   = {2008}
}

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17 pages, 4 figures