Monopole catalysis of proton decay

T. F. Walsh; P. Weisz; Tai Tsun Wu

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(84)90571-6

Monopole catalysis of proton decay

T. F. Walsh, P. Weisz, Tai Tsun Wu

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

The Rubakov effect (monopole catalysis of proton decay at strong-interaction cross sections) is absent for SU(5) grand unified monopoles, because of the non-existence of a zero-energy fermion-monopole bound state in this theory.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	349-355
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section B
Volume	232
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(84)90571-6
State	Published - Feb 6 1984

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