The leptonic magnetic monopole : theory and experiments / Georges Lochak, Fondation Louis de Broglie, Harald Stumpf, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen ; editor-in-chief, Peter W. Hawkes, CEMES-CNRS.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lochak, Georges, author.

Stumpf, Harald, author.

Contributor:

Hawkes, Peter W., editor.

Series:

Advances in imaging and electron physics ; volume one hundred and eighty-nine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magnetic monopoles.

Leptons (Nuclear physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials-Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the computing methods used in all these domains.Contributions from leading authorities Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in IMAGING AND ELECTRON PHYSICS; Advances in IMAGING AND ELECTRON PHYSICS; Advances in IMAGING AND ELECTRON PHYSICSThe Leptonic Magnetic Monopole Theory and ExperimentsGeorges LochakFondation Louis ...; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Foreword: The Past and Future of Magnetic Monopoles; 1. A Brief History of Electricity and Magnetism; 2. The Fathers of the Magnetic Monopole; 2.1 Maxwell (1873); 2.2 Pierre Curie (1894); 2.3 Poincaré (1896); 2.4 Dirac (1931); 3. Some Introductory Words About the Leptonic Monopole; 4. Characteristics of the Theory; Future Contributions

Theory of the Leptonic Monopole1. Theoretical Background; 1. Theories of Poincaré, Dirac, and Curie; 1.1 The Birkeland-Poincaré effect; 1.2 P. A. M. Dirac; 1.3 Pierre Curie; 2. A Wave Equation for a Leptonic Monopole, Dirac Representation; 2.1 The Two Gauge Invariances of Dirac's Equation; 2.2 The Equation of the Electron; 2.3 The Second Gauge, the Second Covariant Derivative, and the Equation for a Magnetic Monopole; 2.4 The Dirac Tensors and the "Magic Angle" A of Yvon-Takabayasi (For the Electric and the Magnetic Case)

2.5 P, T, C Symmetries. Properties of the Angle A (Not to be Confused with the Lorentz Potential A)3. The Wave Equation in the Weyl Representation. The Interaction Between a Monopole and an Electric Coulombian Pole. Dirac For ...; 3.1 The Weyl Representation; 3.2 Chiral Currents; 3.3 A Remark About the Dirac Theory of the Electron; 3.4 The Interaction Between a Monopole and an Electric Coulombian Pole (Angular Functions); 3.5 The Interaction Between a Monopole and an Electric Coulombian Pole (Radial Functions); 3.6 Some General Remarks

3.7 The Geometrical Optics Approximation. Back to the Poincaré Equation3.8 The Problem of the Link Between a Leptonic Magnetic Monopole, a Neutrino, and Weak Interactions; 3.9 Some Questions about the Dirac Formula and Our Formula; 4. Nonlinear Equations. Torsion and Magnetism; 4.1 A Nonlinear Massive Monopole; 4.2 The Nonlinear Monopole in a Coulombian Electrical Field; 4.3 Chiral Gauge and Twisted Space. Torsion and Magnetism; 5. The Dirac Equation on the Light Cone. Majorana Electrons and Magnetic Monopoles

5.1 Introduction. How the Majorana Field Appears in the Theory of a Magnetic Monopole5.2 The Electric Case: Lagrangian Representation and Gauge Invariance of the Majorana Field; 5.3 Two-Component Electric Equations. Symmetry and Conservation Laws; 5.4 The Chiral State of the Electron in an Electric Coulomb Field; 5.5 Conclusions from the Physical Behavior of a Chiral State of a Dirac Electron (A Majorana Electron), in an Electric Coulombi ...; 5.6 The Geometrical Optics Approximation of the States of the Majorana Electron; 5.7 How Could One Observe a Majorana Electron?

5.8 The Equation in the Magnetic Case

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 21, 2015).

ISBN:

0-12-802463-1

OCLC:

910159098