Monopole pair production in compact U(1)

Citation:

Jay Fineberg. 1985. “Monopole Pair Production In Compact U(1)”. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle And High-Energy Physics, 158, Pp. 135–139. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(85)91379-6.

Abstract:

We use the compact U(1) theory formulated on a euclidean lattice to calculate the strength of electromagnetic coupling to magnetic monopoles. We find that the coupling strength goes as exp(-π/α).
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