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Linear equations, constructed from quantities transforming according to the same representations of the Lorentz group as those making up Maxwell's equations, are used to investigate the effect of a photon mass on the existence of monopoles. For stable point particlesand one kind of photon it is shown that isolated monopoles cannot exist. Dirac strings are employed in the proof.
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Ahrens, T. Are massive photons and monopoles mutually exclusive?. Nuov Cim A 103, 1139–1144 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02820541
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