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Updated estimate of limits, on the production rates of 't Hooft-Polyakov magnetic monopoles

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Magnetic-monopole pair production rates are examined for both pointlike and composite ('t Hooft-Polyakov) monopoles. For composite monopoles we obtain updated estimates for the suppression factorF 2 which shows thatF 2≈10−30–10−150. Composite monopoles are therefore not likely to be produced in man-made accelerators. Alternate sources for composite monopoles are briefly discussed.

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  1. Department of Physics, Lincoln University, 19352, Lincoln, PA, USA

    T. Dobbins & L. E. Roberts

  2. Prairie View Particle Detector Research Center, 77446, Prairie View, TX, USA

    L. E. Roberts

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This work has been partially funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-8715923 and by the Texas National Research Laboratory Commission under Grant No. L100081 RF-1939.

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Dobbins, T., Roberts, L.E. Updated estimate of limits, on the production rates of 't Hooft-Polyakov magnetic monopoles. Nuov Cim A 106, 1295–1307 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02785619

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