MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS INDUCED IN A MAGNETIC-FLUID LAYER BY THERMALLYRELEASED SUPERMASSIVE MAGNETIC MONOPOLES

The number of photons in the optical pulse induced via magneto-optical effects by a thermally released (e.g., from old iron ores) supermassi ve magnetic monopole traversing a thin magnetic-fluid layer is evaluat ed on the basis of phenomenological models. In certain monopole search experiments, these effects could give a detectable signal of the orde r of tens of photons and thus it may serve as a basis for a new magnet ic-monopole detection method.