Monopolium: the key to monopoles

Dirac showed that the existence of one magnetic pole in the universe could offer an explanation for the discrete nature of the electric charge. Magnetic poles appear naturally in most Grand Unified Theories. Their discovery would be of greatest importance for particle physics and cosmology. The inte...

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Autores principales: Epele, Luis Nicolás, Fanchiotti, Huner, García Canal, Carlos Alberto, Vento, Vicente
Formato: Articulo Preprint
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2008
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Física
Monopoles
Monopolium
Decays
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/129355
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Monopoles
Monopolium
Decays
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Monopoles
Monopolium
Decays
Epele, Luis Nicolás
Fanchiotti, Huner
García Canal, Carlos Alberto
Vento, Vicente
Monopolium: the key to monopoles
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Monopoles
Monopolium
Decays
description Dirac showed that the existence of one magnetic pole in the universe could offer an explanation for the discrete nature of the electric charge. Magnetic poles appear naturally in most Grand Unified Theories. Their discovery would be of greatest importance for particle physics and cosmology. The intense experimental search carried thus far has not met with success. Moreover, if the monopoles are very massive their production is outside the range of present day facilities. A way out of this impasse would be if the monopoles bind to form monopolium, a monopole- antimonopole bound state, which is so strongly bound, that it has a relatively small mass. Under these circumstances it could be produced with present day facilities and the existence of monopoles could be indirectly proven. We study the feasibility of detecting monopolium in present and future accelerators.
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author Epele, Luis Nicolás
Fanchiotti, Huner
García Canal, Carlos Alberto
Vento, Vicente
author_facet Epele, Luis Nicolás
Fanchiotti, Huner
García Canal, Carlos Alberto
Vento, Vicente
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title Monopolium: the key to monopoles
title_short Monopolium: the key to monopoles
title_full Monopolium: the key to monopoles
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