EXTENSION OF THE PARKER BOUND ON THE FLUX OF MAGNETIC MONOPOLES

Authors
ADAMS FC FATUZZO M FREESE K TARLE G WATKINS R TURNER MS
Citation
Fc. Adams et al., EXTENSION OF THE PARKER BOUND ON THE FLUX OF MAGNETIC MONOPOLES, Physical review letters, 70(17), 1993, pp. 2511-2514
Citations number
41
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
70
Issue
17
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2511 - 2514
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)70:17<2511:EOTPBO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
An extension of the Parker bound on the flux F of magnetic monopoles l eads to a stronger bound than obtained previously. The survival and gr owth of a small galactic seed field requires F less-than-or-equal-to 1 0(-16)(m/10(17) GeV) cm-2 s-1 sr-1. This new limit rules out the possi bility that monopoles much lighter than 10(17) GeV/c2 can provide the closure density of the Universe.