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Phenomenological Presentation of the Dirac Quantization of Magnetic Charge
Phys. Rev. D 2, 2510 – Published 15 November, 1970
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.2.2510
Abstract
The field-dependent difference in phase associated with two paths in an interference experiment employing electrically charged particles of electric charge is ordinarily proportional to the magnetic flux through a surface bounded by the difference of the paths. If considered as a visible electron-optical fringe displacement, it may be used as a phenomenological support for Dirac's condition , restricting the strength of a magnetic monopole.
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