How efficient is the Langacker-Pi mechanism of monopole annihilation?
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ABSTRACT: We investigate the dynamics of monopole annihilation by the LangackerPi mechanism. We find that considerations of causality, flux-tube energetics and the friction from Aharonov-Bohm scattering suggest that the monopole annihilation is most efficient if electromagnetism is spontaneously broken at the lowest temperature (Tem ≈ 106 GeV) consistent with not having the monopoles dominate the energy density of the universe.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 69 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992