Event Title
Classical and Quantum Mechanics of Magnetic Monopoles
Presentation Type
Poster/Portfolio
Presenter Major(s)
Physics
Mentor Information
Milun Rakovic, rakovicm@gvsu.edu
Department
Physics
Location
Henry Hall Atrium 14
Start Date
13-4-2011 1:00 PM
End Date
13-4-2011 2:00 PM
Keywords
Physical Science
Abstract
Recently the interest in magnetic monopoles has been reignited by experiments on systems that exhibit the expected behavior of magnetic charge. Many theories beyond the standard model incorporate fundamental particles that carry magnetic charge. We investigate the interaction of electric and magnetic charges to better understand their dynamics. The classical two particle system of an electric charge and a central particle having both magnetic and electric charge (dyon) is solved using Newtonian dynamics. To further analyze this problem, a singular vector potential is used to construct a Lagrangian for an electric charge interacting with a stationary dyon. We also investigate the quantum mechanical charged particle interacting with a dyon field. The electromagnetic charge quantization condition is derived by considering the integrals of motion of this system.
Classical and Quantum Mechanics of Magnetic Monopoles
Henry Hall Atrium 14
Recently the interest in magnetic monopoles has been reignited by experiments on systems that exhibit the expected behavior of magnetic charge. Many theories beyond the standard model incorporate fundamental particles that carry magnetic charge. We investigate the interaction of electric and magnetic charges to better understand their dynamics. The classical two particle system of an electric charge and a central particle having both magnetic and electric charge (dyon) is solved using Newtonian dynamics. To further analyze this problem, a singular vector potential is used to construct a Lagrangian for an electric charge interacting with a stationary dyon. We also investigate the quantum mechanical charged particle interacting with a dyon field. The electromagnetic charge quantization condition is derived by considering the integrals of motion of this system.