Monopole pair creation in energetic collisions: Is it possible

Journal Article · Mon Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.102· OSTI ID:7061393

Drukier, A K; Nussinov, S

It is suggested that monopole-antimonopole pair production initiated by pointlike particles (electrons, quarks) has widely different cross sections in the two cases of ''pointlike'' and composite monopoles, respectively. Production of 't Hooft--Polyakov monopoles is expected to be suppressed by a hugh factor, > or =10/sup 30/. Furthermore, astrophysical evidence is presented suggesting that monopoles with m/sub m/roughly-equal10/sup 4/ GeV/c/sup 2/ cannot be pointlike.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Medicine Department, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, D-8000 Muenchen 80, Federal Republic of Germany
• OSTI ID: 7061393
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 49:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
PAIR PRODUCTION
ASTROPHYSICS
CROSS SECTIONS
FORM FACTORS
HIGGS MODEL
QUARKS
YANG-MILLS THEORY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
INTERACTIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONOPOLES
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
POSTULATED PARTICLES
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