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Bounding milli-magnetically charged particles with magnetars

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-09-20 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Milli-magnetically charged particles generically appear in scenarios with kinetic mixing. We present model independent bounds on these particles coming from magnetars. Schwinger pair production discharges the magnetic field of the magnetar. Thus the existence of large magnetic fields at magnetars place strong bounds on the milli-magnetic charge to be smaller than 101810^{-18} over a large mass range.

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@article{arxiv.1705.01107,
  title  = {Bounding milli-magnetically charged particles with magnetars},
  author = {Anson Hook and Junwu Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.01107},
  year   = {2017}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure

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