Comment on Jackson's analysis of electric charge quantization due to interaction with Dirac's magnetic monopole

M. Mansuripur

doi:10.24200/sci.2016.3996

Comment on Jackson's analysis of electric charge quantization due to interaction with Dirac's magnetic monopole

M. Mansuripur

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In J.D. Jackson's Classical Electrodynamics textbook, the analysis of Dirac's charge quantization condition in the presence of a magnetic monopole has a mathematical omission and an all-too-brief physical argument that might mislead some students. This paper presents a detailed derivation of Jackson's main result, explains the significance of the missing term, and highlights the close connection between Jackson's findings and Dirac's original argument.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2874-2880
Number of pages	7
Journal	Scientia Iranica
Volume	23
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24200/sci.2016.3996
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

Dirac monopole
Electric charge quantization
Magnetic monopole
Vector potential vorticity

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General Engineering

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Comment on Jackson's analysis of electric charge quantization due to interaction with Dirac's magnetic monopole

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