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February 1, 2004International Journal of Modern Physics A238 citationsOpen Access

Monopoles, Duality, and String Theory

JPJ. Polchinski

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Dirac showed that the existence of magnetic monopoles would imply quantization of electric charge. I discuss the converse, and propose two 'principles of completeness' which I illustrate with various examples. Presented at the Dirac Centennial Symposium, Tallahassee, Dec. 6-7, 2002.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7e5325c3030ff03d18078https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x0401866x
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