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Solar monopoles and terrestrial neutrinos

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7222522
Magnetic monopoles captured in the core of the sun may give rise to a substantial flux of energetic neutrinos by catalyzing the decay of solar hydrogen. We discuss the expected neutrino flux in underground detectors under different assumptions about solar interior conditions. Although a monopole flux as low as F/sub M/ /approximately/ 10/sup /minus/24/ cm/sup /minus/2/ sec/sup /minus/1/ sr/sup /minus/1/ could give rise to a neutrino flux above atmospheric background, due to M/bar M/ annihilation, this does not translate into a reliable monopole flux bound stronger than the Parker limit. 8 refs., 1 fig.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
7222522
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-4606; CONF-8709275-2; ON: DE88010677
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English