MONOPOLE NONANNIHILATION AT THE ELECTROWEAK SCALE

被引：6

作者：

GATES, E ^{[1
]}

KRAUSS, LM ^{[1
]}

TERNING, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] YALE UNIV,DEPT ASTRON,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511

来源：

PHYSICS LETTERS B | 1992年 / 284卷 / 3-4期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0370-2693(92)90437-9

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We examine the issue of monopole annihilation at the electroweak scale induced by flux tube confinement, concentrating first on the simplest possibility - one which requires no new physics beyond the standard model. Monopoles existing at the time of the electroweak phase transition may trigger W condensation which can confine magnetic flux into flux tubes. However, we show on very general grounds, using several independent estimates, that such a mechanism is impotent. We then present several general dynamical arguments limiting the possibility of monopole annihilation through any confining phase near the electroweak scale.

引用

页码：309 / 316

页数：8

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