Comment on Jackson’s analysis of electric charge quantizationdue to interaction with Dirac’s magnetic monopole
نویسندگان
1 Center of Excellence in Power System Control and Management, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-11155, Iran
2 Center of Excellence in Power System Control and Management, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-11155, Iran
doi
10.24200/sci.2016.3996چکیده
In J.D. Jackson’s Classical Electrodynamics textbook, the analysis of Dirac’s charge quantization condition in the presence of a magnetic monopole has a mathematical omission and an all too brief physical argument that might mislead some students. This paper presents a detailed derivation of Jackson’s main result, explains the significance of the missing term, and highlights the close connection between Jackson’s findings and Dirac’s original argument
