TY - JOUR
T1 - Boundary conditions on the monopole Dirac equation
AU - Callan, Curtis G.
AU - Das, Sumit R.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Boundary conditions on the monopole Dirac equation are, on the one hand, determined by the requirement that the Hamiltonian be Hermitean. On the other, they enforce the conservation of certain charges at the monopole core. Which charges should be conserved is determined by the short-distance physics of the problem and the connection with boundary conditions is worked out for several cases. It is found to be possible to impose physically reasonable conservation-law requirements which can be realized by no Dirac-equation boundary condition!
AB - Boundary conditions on the monopole Dirac equation are, on the one hand, determined by the requirement that the Hamiltonian be Hermitean. On the other, they enforce the conservation of certain charges at the monopole core. Which charges should be conserved is determined by the short-distance physics of the problem and the connection with boundary conditions is worked out for several cases. It is found to be possible to impose physically reasonable conservation-law requirements which can be realized by no Dirac-equation boundary condition!
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.1155
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.1155
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4243975550
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 51
SP - 1155
EP - 1158
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 13
ER -