A Quantum Field Theory of Dyons and Photons
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- R. Jengo(,)
- SISSA, Trieste and
- ICTP, Trieste and
- INFN, Trieste
16 pages
Published in:
- Nucl.Phys.B 211 (1983) 77-92
- Published: 1983
Report number:
- SISSA-13/82/EP
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A relativistic quantum field theory is presented where point-like dyons describe closed spacetime trajectories and are coupled to e.m. field degrees of freedom, a path integral over trajectories and a functional integration over fields being performed. The formalism is manifestly Lorentz invariant since the field strengths rather than the e.m. potentials appear in the coupling. The Dirac-Schwinger quantization condition is a necessary assumption. We discuss some relevant features of the theory, e.g. a global U(1) symmetry redefining the dyons' charges and the particle content of the e.m. degrees of freedom.- FIELD EQUATIONS: DYON
- FIELD THEORY: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
- PHOTON: FIELD THEORY
- SYMMETRY: U(1)
- CHARGE: QUANTIZATION
- FIELD THEORY: SPACE-TIME
- FIELD THEORY: COMMUTATION RELATIONS
- QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
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