Coulomb force between two Dirac monopoles
The model of magnetic monopoles that was proposed by Paul Dirac in 1931 has long been a subject of theoretical interest in physics because of its potential to explain the quantization of electric charge. While much attention has been given to non-Dirac monopoles, Dirac's model, which involves an infinitely thin solenoid known as a Dirac string, presents subtleties in the interaction between monopoles. In this paper, we show that the force between two Dirac monopoles obeys a Coulomb-like interaction law. This derivation offers an instructive exercise in fundamental electromagnetism concepts and is appropriate for undergraduate and early graduate-level students.
Authors
- A. G. Rojo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-2877)
Institutions
- Oakland University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0244845
- Primary Topic
- Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00