Monopolonium decay as a source of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

Autor:	Marina Gibilisco
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics Annihilation Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Bound state Magnetic monopole Collapse (topology) Cosmic ray Astrophysics Ultrahigh energy Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Energy (signal processing)
Zdroj:	Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 100:357-359
ISSN:	0920-5632
DOI:	10.1016/s0920-5632(01)01472-4
Popis:	In this contribution, I will discuss the possibility to produce ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECR) from the collapse of monopolonium: such a particular bound state of monopoles having an opposite magnetic charge would be formed during the early inflationary stages of the Universe; subsequently, the monopolonium would decay due to the annihilation of its constituents, so releasing its energy in the form of ultrahigh energy particles.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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