Theory about magnetic monopoles?

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I've heard some random arguments about magnetic monopoles, and don't know what I should think about them yet. I can see that such electromagnetic field could not be described by the usual potential [tex]A^\mu[/tex]. Is there some modified potential that allows magnetic monopoles? Is there a lagrangian density from which a modified Maxwell's equations could be derived?
 
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You should try to take a look at this article:

"Theory of Magnetic Monopoles and Electric-Magnetic Duality"

Just do a google search for that title.