Abstract
Maxwell's equations with massive photons and magnetic monopoles are formulated using spacetime algebra. It is demonstrated that a single non-homogeneous multi-vectorial equation describes the theory. Two limiting cases are considered and their symmetries highlighted: massless photons with magnetic monopoles and finite photon mass in the absence of monopoles. Finally, it is shown that the EM-duality invariance is a symmetry of the Hamiltonian density (for Minkowskian spacetime) and Lagrangian density (for Euclidean 4-space) that reflects the signature of the respective metric manifold.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 23-36 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2007 |
Keywords
- Magnetic monopole
- Massive photons
- Maxwell equations
- Spacetime algebra
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