• DocumentCode
    3541029
  • Title

    Magnetic monopoles and Maxwell´s equations in N dimensions

  • Author

    Gonano, C.A. ; Zich, Riccardo E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Energia, Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-13 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1544
  • Lastpage
    1547
  • Abstract
    The possible existence of “magnetic charge” has been widely investigated in the last two centuries, since it would allow to symmetrise Maxwell´s equations and to explain charge quantization. Though, notwithstanding many studies and experiments, nowaday (2013) magnetic monopoles have never been observed. In this paper we are going to show that E and B fields exhibit very different natures, but while this is not so explicit in 3 spatial dimensions (3-D), it becomes clear in a generic number of dimensions (ND). In particular, the N-D extension of cross product and curl brings to N-D Maxwell´s eq.s and to reinterpret magnetic field B, explaining the probable lack of magnetic monopoles.
  • Keywords
    Maxwell equations; magnetic monopoles; Maxwell´s equations; N dimensions; charge quantization; magnetic charge; magnetic monopoles; spatial dimensions; Clocks; Equations; Force; Magnetic particles; Magnetic separation; Mathematical model; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5705-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEAA.2013.6632510
  • Filename
    6632510