Nucleon decay induced by GUT monopole and possible nonconservation of charge

  • Giorgio Calucci
  • Gabriele Vedovato
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Abstract

The nucleon decay in the presence of a grand unification monopole is analyzed with reference to the channels with |ΔQ|=4. The dynamics requires the participation of the sea quark as well as the valence quark.

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Field Theory Elementary Particle Quantum Field Theory Particle Acceleration Valence Quark 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Giorgio Calucci
    • 1
    • 3
  • Gabriele Vedovato
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica dell'Università di TriesteTriesteItaly
  2. 2.International School for Advanced StudiesTriesteItaly
  3. 3.Sezione di TriesteI.N.F.N.TriesteItaly

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