Wu-Yang monopole
Encyclopedia
The Wu–Yang monopole was the first solution (found in 1968 by Tai Tsun Wu
and Chen Ning Yang) to the Yang-Mills field equations. It describes a magnetic monopole
which is pointlike and has a potential
which behaves like 1/r everywhere.
Tai Tsun Wu
Tai Tsun Wu is an Chinese American physicist and applied physicist well known for his contributions to high-energy nuclear physics and statistical mechanics....
and Chen Ning Yang) to the Yang-Mills field equations. It describes a magnetic monopole
Magnetic monopole
A magnetic monopole is a hypothetical particle in particle physics that is a magnet with only one magnetic pole . In more technical terms, a magnetic monopole would have a net "magnetic charge". Modern interest in the concept stems from particle theories, notably the grand unified and superstring...
which is pointlike and has a potential
Potential
*In linguistics, the potential mood*The mathematical study of potentials is known as potential theory; it is the study of harmonic functions on manifolds...
which behaves like 1/r everywhere.