Published October 31, 1983
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Journal article
Monopole catalysis of nucleon decay in old pulsars
Creators
- 1. Astronomy and Astrophysics Center, Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Description
The measured x-ray fluxes of old, nearby pulsars are used to constrain the monopole flux times the cross section for monopole-catalyzed nucleon decay. Observations of PSR 1929+10 provide the best limit: F x sigmav/(3 x 10-18 cm3 s-1)< or =7 x 10-22 cm-2 sr-1 s-1. When the monopoles captured by the progenitor star while it was on the main sequence are taken into account, the limit becomes F x sigmav/(3 x 10-18 cm3 s-1)< or =2 x 10-28 cm-2 sr-1 s-1
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 18
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1625-1628
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15032045
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CATALYSIS; CROSS SECTIONS; LUMINOSITY; MONOPOLES; NEUTRON STARS; NUCLEONS; PULSARS; SEMILEPTONIC DECAY; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DECAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE DECAY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; STARS; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY