Wu–Yang Monopole
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The Wu–Yang monopole was the first solution (found in 1968 by Tai Tsun Wu and
Chen Ning Yang Yang Chen-Ning or Chen-Ning Yang (; born 1 October 1922), also known as C. N. Yang or by the English name Frank Yang, is a Chinese theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to statistical mechanics, integrable systems, gauge th ...
Wu, T.T. and Yang, C.N. (1968) in ''Properties of Matter Under Unusual Conditions'', edited by H. Mark and S. Fernbach (Interscience, New York)) to the Yang–Mills field equations. It describes a
magnetic monopole In particle physics, a magnetic monopole is a hypothetical particle that is an isolated magnet with only one magnetic pole (a north pole without a south pole or vice versa). A magnetic monopole would have a net north or south "magnetic charge". ...
which is pointlike and has a
potential Potential generally refers to a currently unrealized ability. The term is used in a wide variety of fields, from physics to the social sciences to indicate things that are in a state where they are able to change in ways ranging from the simple r ...
which behaves like 1/''r'' everywhere.


See also

* Meron * Dyon *
Instanton An instanton (or pseudoparticle) is a notion appearing in theoretical and mathematical physics. An instanton is a classical solution to equations of motion with a finite, non-zero action, either in quantum mechanics or in quantum field theory. M ...
* Wu–Yang dictionary


Notes


References

* ''Gauge Fields, Classification and Equations of Motion'', M.Carmeli, Kh. Huleilil and E. Leibowitz, World Scientific Publishing * Gauge theories Magnetic monopoles {{quantum-stub