Wu–Yang monopole explained

The Wu–Yang monopole was the first solution (found in 1968 by Tai Tsun Wu and Chen Ning Yang^[1]) to the Yang–Mills field equations. It describes a magnetic monopole which is pointlike and has a potential which behaves like 1/r everywhere.

See also

• Meron
• Dyon
• Instanton
• Wu–Yang dictionary

Notes

1. 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)

References

• Gauge Fields, Classification and Equations of Motion, M.Carmeli, Kh. Huleilil and E. Leibowitz, World Scientific Publishing
• Book: Shnir, Yakov M. . Magnetic Monopoles . Springer-Verlag . 2005 . 3-540-25277-0.