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.
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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.