Fractional charges for the non-Abelian fermion-monopole system

Journal Article · Wed May 15 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.31.2567· OSTI ID:5859656

Panagopoulos, H

The Dirac equation is studied in the background of a non-Abelian magnetic monopole. The inclusion of chirally rotated scalar and isotriplet masses induces a dependence of the charge and fermion number densities on the chiral angles. These densities, and the associated total charges, are computed in the limit of infinite monopole mass, and compared to the results for the Abelian monopole. Choosing an appropriate self-adjoint extension, non-Abelian fermion-monopole systems can always be modeled by Abelian ones.

• Research Organization: Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C3J7
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER03069
• OSTI ID: 5859656
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 31:10; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CHARGE DENSITY
CHIRALITY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DIRAC EQUATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
FERMIONS
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
HAMILTONIANS
KOBAYASHI-MASKAWA MATRIX
LIE GROUPS
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MATRICES
MATRIX ELEMENTS
MONOPOLES
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM OPERATORS
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
WAVE EQUATIONS
WAVE FUNCTIONS