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Coulomb scattering of an electron by a monopole

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The Coulomb scattering of an electron by a magnetic monopole is analyzed using a lowest-order quantum perturbation approximation suggested by a two-potential Lagrangian form for classical electromagnetism, generalized through the use of spacetime algebra to include magnetic monopoles. Good agreement with existing conventional analyses of this problem is demonstrated.

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  1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, 94309, Stanford, California, USA

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1. Work supported by Department of Energy contract DE-AC03-76SF00515.

2. The idea to employ spacetime algebra (sometimes called Dirac algebra) to incorporate magnetic monopoles into classical electromagnetic theory was proposed by de Faria-Rosaet al. [3].

3. This is a factori difference between the definition of γ5 by Eq. (3) and that by Bjorken and Drell [6]. Since a cross section (without interference terms) is being calculated, we can ignore this distinction.

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Fryberger, D. Coulomb scattering of an electron by a monopole. Found Phys Lett 4, 459–464 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00691191

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