Charges and Electromagnetic Radiation as Topological Excitations

Charges and Electromagnetic Radiation as Topological Excitations

We discuss a model with stable topological solitons in Minkowski space with only three degrees of freedom, the rotational angles of a spatial Dreibein. This model has four types of solitons differing in two topological quantum numbers which we identify with electric charge and spin. The vacuum has a...

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Main Author: Manfried Faber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in High Energy Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9340516
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spelling doaj-108c548075984015b415b4346c7fb0892020-11-24T21:43:03ZengHindawi LimitedAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652017-01-01201710.1155/2017/93405169340516Charges and Electromagnetic Radiation as Topological ExcitationsManfried Faber0Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, Österreich, AustriaWe discuss a model with stable topological solitons in Minkowski space with only three degrees of freedom, the rotational angles of a spatial Dreibein. This model has four types of solitons differing in two topological quantum numbers which we identify with electric charge and spin. The vacuum has a two-dimensional degeneracy leading to two types of massless excitations, characterised by a topological quantum number which could have a physical equivalent in the photon number.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9340516
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title_short Charges and Electromagnetic Radiation as Topological Excitations
title_full Charges and Electromagnetic Radiation as Topological Excitations
title_fullStr Charges and Electromagnetic Radiation as Topological Excitations
title_full_unstemmed Charges and Electromagnetic Radiation as Topological Excitations
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publisher Hindawi Limited
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publishDate 2017-01-01
description We discuss a model with stable topological solitons in Minkowski space with only three degrees of freedom, the rotational angles of a spatial Dreibein. This model has four types of solitons differing in two topological quantum numbers which we identify with electric charge and spin. The vacuum has a two-dimensional degeneracy leading to two types of massless excitations, characterised by a topological quantum number which could have a physical equivalent in the photon number.
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