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First experimental search for production of magnetic monopoles via the Schwinger mechanism
B. Acharya, J. Alexandre, P. Benes +64
Schwinger showed that electrically-charged particles can be produced in a strong electric field by quantum tunnelling through the Coulomb barrier. By electromagnetic duality, if ma…
Instanton solution for Schwinger production of 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles
David L. -J. Ho, Arttu Rajantie
We present the results of an explicit numerical computation of a novel instanton in Georgi-Glashow SU(2) theory. The instanton is physically relevant as a mediator of Schwinger pro…
Schwinger pair production of magnetic monopoles: momentum distribution for heavy-ion collisions
Oliver Gould, David L. -J. Ho, Arttu Rajantie
Magnetic monopoles may be produced by the dual Schwinger effect in strong magnetic fields. Today, the strongest known magnetic fields in the universe are produced fleetingly in hea…
The Electroweak Sphaleron in a strong magnetic field
David L. -J. Ho, Arttu Rajantie
In an external magnetic field, the energy of the electroweak sphaleron---representing the energy barrier to baryon and lepton number violation---decreases but remains nonzero until…
Classical production of 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles from magnetic fields
David L. -J. Ho, Arttu Rajantie
We show that in the SU(2) Georgi-Glashow model, 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles are produced by a classical instability in magnetic fields above the Ambjorn-Olesen critical field, whic…
Towards Schwinger production of magnetic monopoles in heavy-ion collisions
Oliver Gould, David L. -J. Ho, Arttu Rajantie
Magnetic monopoles may be produced by the Schwinger effect in the strong magnetic fields of peripheral heavy-ion collisions. We review the form of the electromagnetic fields in suc…