Reconciling Dirac Quantization Condition with no monopoles

[Yablon]

...There is one thing we are certain of in CE is that k_e/k_m = c^2. ... So for the force of electric charge quantum we have,



and for the force between hypothetical magnetic charge quantums,

Fred

Fred,

Why not just give k_e and k_m the same dimensionality k_e/k_m = 1 and then e and g have the same dimensionality? And then g is just the magnetic charge in the DQC.

Jay

[FrediFizzx]

...There is one thing we are certain of in CE is that k_e/k_m = c^2. ... So for the force of electric charge quantum we have,



and for the force between hypothetical magnetic charge quantums,

Fred

Fred,

Why not just give k_e and k_m the same dimensionality k_e/k_m = 1 and then e and g have the same dimensionality? And then g is just the magnetic charge in the DQC.

Well in H-L units, you still have k_e = 1/4pi = k_m if you do that. But if you set c = 1 then e = g so that is OK. But magnetic charge ends up being,



So magnetic charge, g, does end up with the same dimensions as magnetic flux in that case. And if also, then g, mu and e are all dimensionless but it doesn't mean they are all the same thing.

Fred