Magnetic Monopoles

• Main Author: Shnir, Yakov M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
• Series: Texts and Monographs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Quantum Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

This monograph addresses the field theoretical aspects of magnetic monopoles. Written for graduate students as well as researchers, the author demonstrates the interplay between mathematics and physics. He delves into details as necessary and develops many techniques that find applications in modern...

Table of Contents:

• Dirac Monopole
• Magnetic Monopole in Classical Theory
• The Electron-Monopole System:Quantum-Mechanical Interaction
• Topological Roots of the Abelian Monopole
• Abelian Monopole: Relativistic Quantum Theory
• Monopole in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories
• ’t Hooft-Polyakov Monopole
• Multimonopole Configurations
• SU(2) Monopole in Quantum Theory
• Monopoles Beyond SU(2) Group
• Monopoles and the Problem of Confinement
• Fermions in the Field of Non-Abelian Monopole and Rubakov—Callan Effect
• Supersymmetric Monopoles
• Construction of Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories
• Magnetic Monopoles in the N = 2 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory
• Seiberg—Witten Solution of N = 2 SUSY Yang—Mills Theory.