Magnetic monopole mass bounds from heavy ion collisions and neutron stars

Gould, Oliver; Rajantie, Arttu

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.

Citation

Gould, O., & Rajantie, A. (2017). Magnetic monopole mass bounds from heavy ion collisions and neutron stars. Physical Review Letters, 119(24), Article 241601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.241601

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Dec 12, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 15, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 6, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 13, 2023
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Print ISSN: 0031-9007
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 24
• Article Number: 241601
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.241601
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6187522
• Publisher URL: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.241601