TY - JOUR AU - Fernández-Rañada, Antonio PY - 1998 DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00071-9 SN - 0370-2693 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58978 T2 - Physics Letters B AB - We present a topological mechanism of discretization, which gives for the fundamental electric charge the value q(0) = root (h) over bar c = 5.29 x 10(-19) C, about 3.3 times the electron charge. Its basis is the following recently proved property of... LA - eng M2 - 196 PB - Elsevier Science BV KW - Electromagnetic Field KW - Topological Model KW - Charge Quantization KW - Helicity KW - Knot. TI - A topological mechanism of discretization for the electric charge TY - journal article VL - 422 ER -