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A Remark on the Aharonov-Bohm Potential and a Discussion on the Electric
Charge Quantization
F. A. Barone, J. A. Helayel-Neto
abstract: The purpose of this work is to stress on a mathematical requirement of the
Stokes' theorem that, naturally, yields a reassessment of the electric charge
quantization condition, which is, here, explicitly carried out in the context
of the Aharonov-Bohm set-up. We argue that, by virtue of an ambiguity in the
definition of the circulation of the vector potential, a modified quantization
condition comes out for the electric charge that opens the way for
understanding fundamental fractional charges. One does not, any longer, need to
rely on the existence of a magnetic monopole to justify electric charge
quantization.
- oai_identifier:
- oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0409074
- categories:
- quant-ph hep-th
- comments:
- 7 pages, 1 eps figure, title changed, references added, minor changes
in the text, work presented at the Fourth International Winter Conference on
Mathematical Methods in Physics, 09 - 13 August 2004, Centro Brasileiro de
Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF/MCT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- arxiv_id:
- quant-ph/0409074
- journal_ref:
- JHEP, Proceedings of Science, WC2004/038
- created:
- 2004-09-13
- updated:
- 2005-02-07
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