TY - JOUR
T1 - Local-Lagrangian quantum field theory of electric and magnetic charges
AU - Zwanziger, Daniel
PY - 1971
Y1 - 1971
N2 - We present a local Lagrangian density, depending on a pair of four-potentials A and B, and charged fields n with electric and magnetic charges en and gn. The resulting local Lagrangian field equations are equivalent to Maxwell's and Dirac's equations. The Lagrangian depends on a fixed four-vector, so manifest isotropy is lost and is regained only for quantized values of (engm-gnem). This condition results from the requirement that the representation of the Poincaré Lie algebra which results from Poincaré invariance, integrate to a representation of the finite Poincaré group. The finite Lorentz transformation laws of A, B, and n are presented here for the first time. The familiar apparatus of Lagrangian field theory is applied to yield directly the canonical commutation relations, the energy-momentum tensor, and Feynman's rules.
AB - We present a local Lagrangian density, depending on a pair of four-potentials A and B, and charged fields n with electric and magnetic charges en and gn. The resulting local Lagrangian field equations are equivalent to Maxwell's and Dirac's equations. The Lagrangian depends on a fixed four-vector, so manifest isotropy is lost and is regained only for quantized values of (engm-gnem). This condition results from the requirement that the representation of the Poincaré Lie algebra which results from Poincaré invariance, integrate to a representation of the finite Poincaré group. The finite Lorentz transformation laws of A, B, and n are presented here for the first time. The familiar apparatus of Lagrangian field theory is applied to yield directly the canonical commutation relations, the energy-momentum tensor, and Feynman's rules.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.3.880
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.3.880
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000593357
SN - 0556-2821
VL - 3
SP - 880
EP - 891
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
IS - 4
ER -