Published April 1983 | Version v1
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Are fractional charges and Dirac monopoles consistent with quantum mechanics

Creators

  • 1. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA)

Description

The Dirac quantization condition and its extension to grand unified theories are reviewed in the context of possible recent evidence for monopoles and for fractional charges. The existence of monopoles rules out several previous theoretical explanations of fractional charges and provides strong constraints on alternative explanations. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Comments Nucl. Part. Phys.
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
4
Series
Comments Nucl. Part. Phys.
Journal Page Range
149-153
ISSN
0010-2709

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
15000019
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COLOR MODEL; ELECTRIC CHARGES; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEWS; SU-5 GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; MONOPOLES; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS