Ratios of magnetic charge to charge and of magnetic mass to mass (Q1101718)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4046627
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Ratios of magnetic charge to charge and of magnetic mass to mass
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4046627

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    Ratios of magnetic charge to charge and of magnetic mass to mass (English)
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    It is shown that, unlike the case of (vacuum) solutions describing isolated bodies, conformal Killing fields are not excluded by the structure of vacuum gravitational magnetic monopoles at null infinity. The resulting dilation must be constant. This brings support to the viewpoint that such solutions might have a role to play in the understanding of gravitational entropy and time's arrow. If, in addition, a Maxwellian magnetic monopole (Dirac string singularity) is available, the ratio of the total magnetic charge (magnetic mass) over the total electric charge (mass) can be identified. This common feature between the gravitational and the electromagnetic interaction finds its origin in the space-time topology.
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    conformal Killing fields
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    vacuum gravitational magnetic monopoles
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    null infinity
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    Dirac string singularity
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    magnetic mass
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    electromagnetic interaction
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