Energy Loss of Slowly Moving Magnetic Monopoles in Matter
- 28 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 50 (9), 644-648
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.644
Abstract
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 MeV /g for in the range to . The possibility of using helium as a monopole detector is discussed.
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