It is demonstrated that the gravitational equations for empty space are the equations of classical electrodynamics with sources. This classical unification of Maxwell’s
electrodynamics with Einstein’s gravitation yields four types of sources: electric charges, magnetic monopoles,
magnetic dipoles, and electric dipoles, and begs the long-standing question:
where are the magnetic monopoles? On
consideration of the standard electroweak model and strong QCD, each of which
includes non-Abelian interactions, it appears to be fruitful to regard the
so-called “color” symmetry as being the Maxwellian
“orthogonal dual” of the so-called “flavor” symmetry. As a direct and proximate consequence of
regarding flavor and color as symmetries manifest through non-abelian
orthogonal Maxwell fields, the magnetic monopole question leads to a surprising
possibility: that magnetic monopoles may in fact exist and have become part of
today's physics. Specifically, The nucleon-confined entities we call
"quarks," which are never observed as free particles, might actually be magnetic monopoles. It further appears that the dipole sources
may well represent the physical observables that we have come to know as
baryons. And, it appears that once this view is adopted, it may be possible to
fully unite the electroweak and strong interactions with Einstein’s
gravitation, all expressed as Rμν=0.
The PDF version of the ORIGINAL
UNPUBLISHED PAPER I WROTE IN 1984, when I first found that Maxwell’s Equations can be
expressed simply as Ruv=0 but could not
explain the magnetic monopoles and the third rank sources, is here. Chapter 6 has the detailed “field strength”
calculation.