Does Magnetic Charge Imply a Massive Photon ?

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1995-09-27

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9509157v1

Int.J.Theor.Phys. 35 (1996) 2419-2426

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

10 pages LaTeX

Scientific paper

10.1007/BF02085749

In Abelian theories of monopoles the magnetic charge is required to be enormous. Using the electric-magnetic duality of electromagnetism it is argued that the existence of such a large, non-perturbative magnetic coupling should lead to a phase transition where magnetic charge is permanently confined and the photon becomes massive. The apparent masslessness of the photon could then be used as an argument against the existence of such a large, non-perturbative magnetic charge. Finally it is shown that even in the presence of this dynamical mass generation the Cabbibo-Ferrari formulation of magnetic charge gives a consistent theory.

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