Topological Approach to Alice Electrodynamics

Abstract

We analyze the unlocalized ``Cheshire charge'' carried by ``Alice strings.'' The magnetic charge on a string loop is carefully defined, and the transfer of magnetic charge from a monopole to a string loop is analyzed using global topological methods. A semiclassical theory of electric charge transfer is also described.

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• Quantum Field Theory of Nonabelian Strings and Vortices

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