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Energy loss of supermassive magnetic monopoles and dyons in main sequence stars

S. P. Ahlen1, I. De Mitri2, J. T. Hong1, and G. Tarlé3

  • 1Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
  • 2Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universita’ di L’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, 67100, Italy
  • 3Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

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Phys. Rev. D 55, 6584 – Published 15 May, 1997

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.6584

Abstract

We estimate the energy loss rate for a supermassive magnetic monopole or dyon in the interior of a main sequence star. For this purpose, the medium is shown to behave as a nondegenerate classical electron gas, the nuclear contribution to the stopping power being negligible. A linear dependence of the energy loss from the velocity of the particle is obtained. This result would provide a basic input to detailed calculations of the dynamics of monopoles and dyons in our galaxy.

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Phys. Rev. D 55, 6584– Published 15 May, 1997
  • Received 15 October 1996

© 1997 American Physical Society

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