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Monopole ’83

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Editors:
  1. James L. Stone

    1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 111)

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Table of contents (65 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Monopoles and Particle Theories

    1. Monopoles and Grand Unification

      • Erick J. Weinberg
      Pages 1-16

    2. Nonabelian Monopoles Break Color

      • A. P. Balachandran
      Pages 17-24

    3. The Scales and Upper Bounds of Classical Monopole Solutions

      • Cosmas K. Zachos
      Pages 25-28

    4. Kaluza-Klein Theories and the Dirac Monopole

      • Malcolm J. Perry
      Pages 29-38

    5. A 5-Dimensional Monopole

      • Rafael Sorkin
      Pages 39-45

    6. Magnetic Monopoles in Grand Unified and Kaluza-Klein Theories

      • Qaisar Shafi
      Pages 47-49

    7. Black Holes in Compactified Supergravity

      • F. Alexander Bais
      Pages 51-51

    8. Magnetic Monopoles in Purely Fermionic Models

      • M. Arik, M. Hortacsu, J. Kalayci
      Pages 53-56

    9. Summary of Discussion on GUTs and Kaluza-Klein Theories

      • Qaisar Shafi
      Pages 57-59

  3. Monopoles and Astrophysics

    1. Superheavy Magnetic Monopoles and the Standard Cosmology

      • Michael S. Turner
      Pages 61-83

    2. Progress and Prospects for the Inflationary Universe

      • Paul Joseph Steinhardt
      Pages 85-106

    3. Primordial Inflation and the Monopole Problem

      • Keith A. Olive, David Seckel
      Pages 107-116

    4. Kaluza-Klein Cosmology

      • C. Wetterich
      Pages 117-123

    5. Galactic Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Monopoles

      • Eugene N. Parker
      Pages 125-136

    6. Neutron Star Physics and Monopole Flux Limits

      • Jeffrey Harvey
      Pages 137-145

    7. Monopoles in Pulsar PSR 1929+10

      • Katherine Freese
      Pages 147-152

    8. Monopole Contamination of Normal Sequence Stars

      • A. K. Drukier, G. G. Raffelt
      Pages 153-160

    9. Magnetic Monopoles in a Magnetic Universe

      • Daniele Fargion
      Pages 161-168

  4. Monopole Catalysis of Nucleon Decay

    1. Catalysis Without Tears

      • Curtis G. Callan Jr.
      Pages 169-184
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About this book

Ten years have passed since It Hooft and Polyakov demonstrat­ ed that superheavy magnetic monopoles were a natural consequence of any Grand Unified Theory (GUT) in which the unifying group contains a U(l) factor as a subgroup. An analysis of these GUTs in an expanding, cooling universe yields a phase transition at an energy ~l015 GeV and at a cosmic time ~lO-35 seconds after the big bang. The general consequences of GUTs and this phase transition are the prediction of proton decay, the production of superheavy magnetic monopoles, and an understanding of the observed excess of matter over anti-matter in the universe. Attempts to provide experimental verification of GUTs has led to valiant experimental efforts in recent years to observe nucleon decay in massive underground detectors. Experiments to search for superheavy monopoles may eventually require similar efforts. Since the unification scale is unreachable in the laboratory, monopole detectors must search for relics of the big bang. Much theoretical groundwork has been accomplished in recent years with the development of GUTs. In Part I of this book, Erick Weinberg gives a theoretical overview of the role of magnetic monopoles in the various unification schemes. Monopoles in the context of the newly revived Kaluza-Klein theories are presented by several authors and are summarized by Qaisar Shafi. Mike Turner begins Part II with a discussion of monopoles in standard big bang cosmology. Paul Steinhardt follows with his perspectives on the inflationary universe; C.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    James L. Stone

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Monopole ’83

  • Editors: James L. Stone

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0375-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-41812-9Due: 01 October 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0377-1Published: 14 June 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-0375-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1221

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 699

  • Number of Illustrations: 95 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Particle and Nuclear Physics

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