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- Title
On the Issue of Magnetic Monopoles in the Prospect of UHE Photon Searches.
- Authors
Bratek, Łukasz; Jałocha, Joanna
- Abstract
Ultra-high energy (UHE) photons with energies exceeding 10 18 eV can potentially be observed. They are produced in various processes involving electrically charged particles. However, more exotic scenarios are also possible. UHE photons could be emitted in encounters of massive magnetically charged monopole-antimonopole pairs or in processes associated with monopoles accelerated to high energies, typically 10 21 eV or beyond. Observing UHE photons can pose constraints on the properties of magnetic monopoles. There are compelling theoretical reasons in favor of the presence of magnetic monopoles in nature. The predicted observational signatures of these particles are therefore searched for in dedicated experiments currently in operation. Despite these attempts, magnetic monopoles have yet to be empirically proved. There are also theoretical reasons why magnetic monopoles allowed by Dirac's theory might not be realized in nature in the form of isolated particles. Detection or non-detection of UHE photon signatures of magnetic monopoles would bring us closer to solving this fascinating puzzle.
- Subjects
MAGNETIC monopoles; PHOTONS
- Publication
Universe (2218-1997), 2022, Vol 8, Issue 8, p422
- ISSN
2218-1997
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/universe8080422