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Author:   James L. Stone
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   1984 ed.
Volume:   111
Weight:   1.441kg
ISBN:  

9780306418129

ISBN 10:   0306418126
Pages:   699
Publication Date:   01 October 1984
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I: Monopoles and Particle Theories.- Monopoles and Grand Unification.- Nonabelian Monopoles Break Color.- The Scales and Upper Bounds of Classical Monopole Solutions.- Kaluza-Klein Theories and the Dirac Monopole.- A 5-Dimensional Monopole.- Magnetic Monopoles in Grand Unified and Kaluza-Klein Theories.- Black Holes in Compactified Supergravity.- Magnetic Monopoles in Purely Fermionic Models.- Summary of Discussion on GUTs and Kaluza-Klein Theories.- II: Monopoles and Astrophysics.- Superheavy Magnetic Monopoles and the Standard Cosmology.- Progress and Prospects for the Inflationary Universe.- Primordial Inflation and the Monopole Problem.- Kaluza-Klein Cosmology.- Galactic Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Monopoles.- Neutron Star Physics and Monopole Flux Limits.- Monopoles in Pulsar PSR 1929+10.- Monopole Contamination of Normal Sequence Stars.- Magnetic Monopoles in a Magnetic Universe.- III: Monopole Catalysis of Nucleon Decay.- Catalysis Without Tears.- Conservation Laws in the Monopole-Fermion System.- Monopoles with Zn Charges.- Interactions of Fermions with Spherically Symmetric Monopoles.- On the QFT of Monopole Induced Baryon Number Violating Processes Including Non-Abelian Forces.- A Friedel Sum Rule for the Dyon Charge.- Monopole Catalysis: An Overview.- Monopole Catalyzed Nucleon Decay: The Astrophysical Connection.- Experimental Limits on Monopole Catalysis of Nucleon Decay.- IV: Monopole Interaction Mechanisms.- Excitation of Simple Atoms by Slow Magnetic Monopoles.- The Coupling Between Magnetic Charges and Magnetic Moments.- Binding of Nuclei to Monopoles.- Vacuum Anti-Shielding of Monopoles.- Monoponucleosis-The Wonderful Things That Monopoles Can Do To Nuclei If They Are There.- Coherent, Co-operative Aspects of Monopole and Matter Interaction.- V: Monopole Detection Techniques.- The Physics of Monopole Detection.- A Search for GUT Monopoles with Mica Track Etch Detectors.- On the Feasibility of Infrared Phosphors in Super-Slow Particle Searches.- A Study of Acoustic Detectability of Magnetic Monopoles.- The Caltech Prototype Scintillator Monopole Detector.- Detectors for Rare Events.- Neutrino Oscillations and Neutrino Astronomy in a Large Flat Detector.- VI: Induction Techniques and Experiments.- Report on Stanford Superconductive Monopole Detectors.- Monopole Search at IBM: Present Status and Future Plans.- First Results from the Chicago-Fermilab-Michigan Cosmic Ray Magnetic Monopole Detector.- The Imperial College Monopole Detector.- Monopole Detector Studies at NBS.- Zero-Quantum Superconducting Magnetic Shield.- The Straight Wire Monopole Detector.- Noise Considerations in a “Room Temperature” Induction Technique Magnetic Monopole Detector.- Squid Fluxmeter Search for Monopoles in 400 kg of Old Iron Ore.- A Detector for Relic Monopoles Trapped in Magnetic Ores.- A Summary of Induction Detectors and Techniques.- VII: Ionization/Excitation Experiments.- A Search for GUT Monopoles with a Single Thick Scintillator at Sea Level.- Use of Large Volume Liquid Scintillator for Monopole Detection.- Monopole Search and Neutrino Astrophysics with Liquid Scintillation Detectors.- Status of the Texas A & M GUT Monopole Search.- A Scintillator-Proportional Counter Search For Monopoles.- Monopole Flux Limits from the Soudan I Experiment.- A Search for Magnetic Monopoles in the Mont Blanc Nucleon Decay Apparatus.- Monopole Search with the Frejus Tunnel Nucleon Lifetime Experiment.- A Monopole Search Using an Accelerator Detector.- Experimental Searches for Magnetic Monopoles at Particle Colliders.- Ionization Detector forCabrera’s Monopole Experiments.- Review of Monopole Detection by Ionization/Excitation Techniques.- VIII: Conference Highlights and Summation.- Experimental Situation.- Monopoles in 1983.- Participants.

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