Published March 30, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic monopoles without strings by Kaehler-Clifford algebra

  • 1. State Univ. at Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Description

In place of Dirac monopoles with string, this paper presents monopoles without string on the basis of a generalized potential, the sum of a vector A and a pseudovector γB potential. By having recourse to the (graded) Clifford algebra which allows adding together tensors of different ranks (e.g., scalars + pseudoscalars + vectors + pseudovectors + . . .), in a previous paper we succeeded in constructing a Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism for interacting monopoles that can be regarded as satisfactory from various points of view. In the present note, after having completed that formalism, the authors put forth a purely geometrical interpretation of it within the Kahler algebra on differential forms, essential ingredients being the natural introduction of a generalized curvature and the Hodge decomposition. The authors thus pave the way for the extension of monopoles without string to non-abelian gauge groups. The analogies of this approach with supersymmetric theories are apparent

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
Geometrical interpretation of a satisfactory formalism

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Modern Physics Letters A
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
8
Series
Mod. Phys. Lett. A.
Journal Page Range
543-550
ISSN
0217-7323
CODEN
MPLAE