The paper argues, following Staruszkiewicz, that positivity of the Hilbert space norm in the infrared limit of QED forbids isolated magnetic monopoles, which would explain their non-observation.
Herdegen,Angular momentum in electrodynamics and an argument against the existence of magnetic monopoles, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 26 (1993) L449
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Magnetic Monopoles: Theoretical Insights into the Cosmic Ray Conundrum
The paper argues, following Staruszkiewicz, that positivity of the Hilbert space norm in the infrared limit of QED forbids isolated magnetic monopoles, which would explain their non-observation.