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Monopole charge quantization or why electromagnetism is a U(1)-gauge theory |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey Mitchell Ambar N. Sengupta |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Mathematics, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA b Mathematics Department, Robert Morris University, 881 Narrows Run Road, Moon Township, PA 15108-1189, USA c Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA |
| Abstract: | We obtain Dirac’s classic monopole charge quantization from the point of view of geometric quantization and demonstrate how this leads to the conclusion that the electromagnetic field is a U(1)-gauge field. |
| Keywords: | 11.15.q 45.10.Na 14.80.Hv |
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