ON THE FRACTIONAL ELECTRIC CHARGE OF A MAGNETIC MONOPOLE AT NONZERO TEMPERATURE

Citation
A. Goldhaber et al., ON THE FRACTIONAL ELECTRIC CHARGE OF A MAGNETIC MONOPOLE AT NONZERO TEMPERATURE, Physics letters. Section B, 386(1-4), 1996, pp. 207-210
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
386
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
207 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)386:1-4<207:OTFECO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We extend recent discussions about the effect of nonzero temperature o n the induced electric charge, due to CP violation, of a Dirac or an ' t Hooft-Polyakov monopole. In particular, we determine the fractional electric charge of a very small 't Hooft-Polyakov monopole coupled to light fermions at nonzero temperature. If dyons with fractional electr ic charge exist in the Weinberg-Salam model, as recently suggested in the literature, then their charge too should be temperature dependent.