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In 1974, the Dutch physicist G. ’t Hooft and the Soviet physicist A.M. Polyakov found solutions to the Yang-Mills equation for the group SO(3) and additional scalar fields (the fields of Goldstone-Higgs).8 These solutions had one topological charge which was interpreted as a “magnetic charge.” G. ’t Hooft suggested calling them magnetic monopoles. The name was to symbolize the deep commonality of the newly discovered “particle” with another mysterious object—the magnetic monopole of Dirac.
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Monastyrsky, M. (1987). Topological Particles. In: Wells, R.O. (eds) Riemann, Topology, and Physics. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3514-4_14
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