Dyons of charge eθ/2π

E. Witten

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90838-4

Dyons of charge eθ/2π

E. Witten

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It is shown that in CP non-conserving theories, the electric charge of an 't Hooft-Polyakov magnetic monopole will not ordinarily be integral, or even rational in units of the fundamental charge e. If a non-zero vacuum angle θ is the only mechanism for CP violation, the electric charge of the monopole is exactly calculable and is -eθ/2π, plus an integer. If there are additional CP violating interactions, the monopole charge must be computed as a power series in the coupling constant. These results apply in realistic theories such as SU(5).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	283-287
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	86
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(79)90838-4
State	Published - Oct 8 1979
Externally published	Yes

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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