On the fractional electric charge of a magnetic monopole at nonzero temperature

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作者
Goldhaber, A [1 ]
Parwani, R [1 ]
Singh, H [1 ]
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[1] INST PHYS, BHUBANESWAR 751005, ORISSA, INDIA
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10.1016/0370-2693(96)00980-X
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We extend recent discussions about the effect of nonzero temperature on the induced electric charge, due to CP violation, of a Dirac or an 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole. In particular, we determine the fractional electric charge of a very small 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole coupled to light fermions at nonzero temperature. If dyons with fractional electric charge exist in the Weinberg-Salam model, as recently suggested in the literature, then their charge too should be temperature dependent.
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