Can Magnetic Monopoles and Massive Photons Coexist in the Framework of the Same  Classical Theory?

Cafaro, C.; Capozziello, S.; Corda, Ch.; Ali, S. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/69835

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Volume 2007 | Article ID 069835 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/69835

Can Magnetic Monopoles and Massive Photons Coexist in the Framework of the Same Classical Theory?

C. Cafaro,¹S. Capozziello,^2,3Ch. Corda,^4,5and S. A. Ali¹

Academic Editor: Joseph Formaggio

Received05 Sept 2007

Accepted02 Nov 2007

Published17 Jan 2008

Abstract

It is well known that one cannot construct a self-consistent quantum field theory describing the nonrelativistic electromagnetic interaction mediated by massive photons between a point-like electric charge and a magnetic monopole. We show that, indeed, this inconsistency arises in the classical theory itself. No semiclassic approximation or limiting procedure for ℏ→0 is used. As a result, the string attached to the monopole emerges as visible also if finite-range electromagnetic interactions are considered in classical framework.

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