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arxiv: math-ph/0702006 · v2 · submitted 2007-02-01 · 🧮 math-ph · math.MP

The Spacetime Algebra Approach to Massive Classical Electrodynamics with Magnetic Monopoles

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Maxwell's equations with massive photons and magnetic monopoles are formulated using spacetime algebra. It is demonstrated that a single non-homogeneous multi-vectorial equation describes the theory. Two limiting cases are considered and their symmetries highlighted: massless photons with magnetic monopoles and finite photon mass in the absence of monopoles. Finally, it is shown that the EM-duality invariance is a symmetry of the Hamiltonian density (for Minkowskian spacetime) and Lagrangian density (for Euclidean 4-space) that reflects the signature of the respective metric manifold.

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