Hidden Momentum And Field Momentum In The Wu-Yang Monopole Model

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Abstract

We show that the Wu-Yang model of magnetic charge, a fiber bundle approach to the magnetic monopole, carries an electromagnetic field momentum in

the presence of the electrostatic field of a point charge. This electromagnetic field momentum suggests a violation of the center-of-energy theorem. We show that the Wu-Yang monopole model also carries a hidden mechanical momentum, which saves the center-of-energy theorem.

Publication: Am.J.Phys. 93 (2025) 6, 467-476 DOI: 10.1119/5.0244726

Presenters

  • Isaiah T Ruz

    California State University, Fresno

Authors

  • Isaiah T Ruz

    California State University, Fresno

  • Doug Singleton

    CSU Fresno, Physics Department, California State University, Fresno