Abstract
In 1974 the Dutch physicist Gerardt’t Hooft and the Russian physicist Alexander M. Polyakov (now at Princeton University) found solutions to the Yang-Mills equation for the group SO(3) and additional scalar fields (the fields of Goldstone- Higgs).1 These solutions had one topological charge which was interpreted as a “magnetic charge.” G.’t Hooft suggested calling them magnetic monopoles. The name was to symbolize the deep commonality of the newly discovered “particle” with another mysterious object—the Dirac magnetic monopole.KeywordsMagnetic ChargeTopological ChargeHomotopy GroupVacuum SolutionMagnetic MonopoleThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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