Cosmological production of superheavy magnetic monopoles

Journal Article · Mon Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 1979 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1365· OSTI ID:5727720

Preskill, J P

Grand unified models of elementary particle interactions contain stable superheavy magnetic monopoles. The density of such monopoles in the early universe is estimated to be unacceptably large. Cosmological monopole production may be suppressed if the phase transition at the grand unification mass scale is strongly first order.

• Research Organization: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Lyman Laboratory of Physics
• OSTI ID: 5727720
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 43:19
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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