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Magnetic Monopole Decay and Its Consequences

Nuclear Theory 2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We return to further examination of the need for the existence of magnetic monopoles based on the decades old derivation [Sherman Frankel, Amer. Jour. of Physics, 44, 7, 683-6 1976], of both the monopole-charge force, vec(F) = eg(vec(r) * vec(v)/c)/r^3, as well as the Dirac angular momentum, vec(l_f) = eg hat(r), from P and T conservation alone, without any recourse whatsoever to Maxwell's Equations. The eg product also appeared in the charge conserving equation, deg/dt = 0 = edg/dt + gde/dt, and this paper examines the second possible solution, dg/dt = - de/dt, namely monopole decay, accounting for the non-observance of stable monopoles. It treats astrophysics and neutrino physics consequences and suggestions for experimental searches.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9906043,
  title  = {Magnetic Monopole Decay and Its Consequences},
  author = {S. Frankel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9906043},
  year   = {2007}
}

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