Monopole pair creation in energetic collisions: Is it possible?

A. K. Drukier*, S. Nussinov

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Abstract

It is suggested that monopole-antimonopole pair production initiated by pointlike particles (electrons, quarks) has widely different cross sections in the two cases of "point-like" and composite monopoles, respectively. Production of 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles is expected to be suppressed by a hugh factor, 1030. Furthermore, astrophysical evidence is presented suggesting that monopoles with mm 104 GeV/c2 cannot be point-like.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)102-105
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume49
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982

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