Do monopoles keep white dwarfs hot?

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Nov 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984apj...286..216f&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 286, Nov. 1, 1984, p. 216-220.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Magnetic Monopoles, Stellar Temperature, White Dwarf Stars, Galaxies, Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Magnitude

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Although theoretical cooling curves predict large numbers of faint white dwarfs (Mbol ≥ 16), none have been observed singly or even inferred as the missing objects in binary systems. The author suggests magnetic monopole-catalyzed nucleon decay as a mechanism for keeping white dwarfs hot (Mbol < 16). At the same time the observed luminosities of old white dwarfs (L = 10-4L_sun;) place an upper limit on the product of monopole flux times cross section for catalysis, (F/cm-2s-1sr-1)(σv/10-28cm2) ≤ 2×10-18.

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