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Universality of charge arising from torsion

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We show that in relating torsion to intrinsic unit of spin h, with the consideration that defects in spacetime topology occur in multiples of Planck length, the electric charge appears as a derived concept, showing its universality. Moreover, in this context we cannot have a massless particle with charge.

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  1. World Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Venzo de Sabbata & C. Sivaram

  2. Department of Physics, University of Ferrara, Italy

    Venzo de Sabbata & C. Sivaram

  3. Istituto di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara, Italy

    Venzo de Sabbata & C. Sivaram

  4. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India

    Venzo de Sabbata & C. Sivaram

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de Sabbata, V., Sivaram, C. Universality of charge arising from torsion. Found Phys Lett 6, 201–206 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00697326

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