Gould O, Rajantie A. Magnetic Monopole Mass Bounds from Heavy-Ion Collisions and Neutron Stars.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017;
119:241601. [PMID:
29286728 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.119.241601]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Magnetic monopoles, if they exist, would be produced amply in strong magnetic fields and high temperatures via the thermal Schwinger process. Such circumstances arise in heavy-ion collisions and in neutron stars, both of which imply lower bounds on the mass of possible magnetic monopoles. In showing this, we construct the cross section for pair production of magnetic monopoles in heavy-ion collisions, which indicates that they are particularly promising for experimental searches such as MoEDAL.
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