TY - GEN
T1 - Magnetic monopoles in electromagnetism and gravity
AU - Portugueś, Rubén
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Magnetic monopoles have rivaled black holes as the most beautiful and elusive entities in the world of theoretical physics since they were first considered in the early twentieth century. They naturally arise in electromagnetism and have immediate implications on the underlying symmetries, both dynamical and internal, at both the classical and quantum level. In this article we will recap some facts about magnetic monopoles in electromagnetism, in particular notions regarding their contribution to the angular momentum of a system and how these concepts are related to the quantization condition for the product of the charges of a fundamental electric pole and magnetic pole. We then proceed to consider magnetic poles in general relativity and briefly address similar considerations in this theory.
AB - Magnetic monopoles have rivaled black holes as the most beautiful and elusive entities in the world of theoretical physics since they were first considered in the early twentieth century. They naturally arise in electromagnetism and have immediate implications on the underlying symmetries, both dynamical and internal, at both the classical and quantum level. In this article we will recap some facts about magnetic monopoles in electromagnetism, in particular notions regarding their contribution to the angular momentum of a system and how these concepts are related to the quantization condition for the product of the charges of a fundamental electric pole and magnetic pole. We then proceed to consider magnetic poles in general relativity and briefly address similar considerations in this theory.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-0-387-87499-9_15
DO - 10.1007/978-0-387-87499-9_15
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84892296308
SN - 9780387874982
T3 - Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems: The Quest for Beauty and Simplicity - Claudio Bunster Festschrift
SP - 197
EP - 212
BT - Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems
PB - Springer Science and Business Media, LLC
T2 - 2008 Meeting on Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems: The Quest for Beautyand Simplicity
Y2 - 10 January 2008 through 11 January 2008
ER -