Published February 28, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Energy loss of slowly moving magnetic monopoles in matter

  • 1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Description

The cross section for exciting simple atoms by slowly moving magnetic monopoles is calculated. Including the effects of the monopole magnetic field on the atomic energy levels, an energy loss per unit density is obtained that is much larger than previous studies. For helium (1/rho) (1/p)dE/dx = 15(#betta#/10-4) [1-(9.29 x 10-5/#betta#)2]/sup 3/2/ MeV cm2/g for #betta# in the range 10-4 to 10-3. The possibility of using helium as a monopole detector is discussed

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
9
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
644-648
ISSN
0031-9007