Monopole vector spherical harmonics

Aug 16, 1993
20 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 49 (1994) 1086-1092
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  • CU-TP-605

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Abstract:
Eigenfunctions of total angular momentum for a charged vector field interacting with a magnetic monopole are constructed and their properties studied. In general, these eigenfunctions can be obtained by applying vector operators to the monopole spherical harmonics in a manner similar to that often used for the construction of the ordinary vector spherical harmonics. This construction fails for the harmonics with the minimum allowed angular momentum. These latter form a set of vector fields with vanishing covariant curl and covariant divergence, whose number can be determined by an index theorem.
  • gauge field theory: magnetic monopole
  • angular momentum
  • partial wave analysis
  • Clebsch-Gordan coefficients
  • index theorem