Symmetries of electrodynamics with magnetic monopoles and the Hertz tensor
- 15 April 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 13 (8) , 2437-2440
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.13.2437
Abstract
We discuss discrete symmetries of the Maxwell equations with Dirac poles, written in manifestly duality-invariant form by means of the Hertz tensor. It is shown that in this framework the theory may give rise to parity and time-reversal violation only for systems without electric charges. When both electric and magnetic charges are present, the pseudovector character of the magnetic current—insuring parity and time-reversal invariance of the Maxwell equations—is a direct consequence of the vector transformation properties of the electric current.Keywords
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