TY - JOUR
T1 - Is monopole catalyzed nucleon decay detectable?
AU - Goldhaber, Alfred S.
AU - Nussinov, S.
AU - Stodolsky, L.
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] ucleon decay may occur whenever a quark passes through this region, yielding Ocat = Mx2/fl. In the standard approach M x = 1015 GeV makes Ocat too small, even with the capture enhancement mechanism. However, there could definitely be enhancements of this cross section, including the mechanism of Callan and Rubakov, as well as the 't Hooft anomaly. Because capture before catalysis is important at ordinary density, but irrelevant in neutron stars, all current knowledge is consistent with the possibility that catalyzed decay might be observed in large underground detectors, This work was supported in part by the US National Science Foundation and in part by the UK Science and Engineering Research Council. A.S.G. thanks the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for hospitality.
PY - 1988/1/25
Y1 - 1988/1/25
N2 - We point out that bound states of magnetic monopoles and nuclei could strongly enhance catalyzed nucleon decay, and compensate even for very large {O(1015)} suppressions of the intrinsic Callan-Rubakov cross sections. A scenario which avoids the neutron star bounds and which may lead to observable catalyzed nucleon decays is suggested.
AB - We point out that bound states of magnetic monopoles and nuclei could strongly enhance catalyzed nucleon decay, and compensate even for very large {O(1015)} suppressions of the intrinsic Callan-Rubakov cross sections. A scenario which avoids the neutron star bounds and which may lead to observable catalyzed nucleon decays is suggested.
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U2 - 10.1016/0550-3213(88)90405-1
DO - 10.1016/0550-3213(88)90405-1
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AN - SCOPUS:24244441232
SN - 0550-3213
VL - 296
SP - 955
EP - 960
JO - Nuclear Physics, Section B
JF - Nuclear Physics, Section B
IS - 4
ER -