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arxiv: hep-th/0701219 · v2 · pith:3EDUBOC7new · submitted 2007-01-23 · ✦ hep-th

Can magnetic monopoles and massive photons coexist in the framework of the same classical theory?

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keywords classicaltheoryelectromagneticframeworkmagneticmassivemonopolephotons
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It is well known that one cannot construct a self-consistent quantum field theory describing the non-relativistic electromagnetic interaction mediated by massive photons between a point-like electric charge and a magnetic monopole. We show that, indeed, this inconsistency arises in the classical theory itself. No semi-classic approximation or limiting procedure for the Dirac constant approaching to zero is used. As a result, the string attached to the monopole emerges as visible also if finite-range electromagnetic interactions are considered in classical framework.

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