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High Energy Theory Seminar

Friday, May 10, 2024
11:00am to 12:00pm
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The Callan Rubakov Effect
Daniel Brennan, UC San Diego,

The Callan Rubakov Effect describes the interaction between (massless) fermions and a smooth monopole in 4d gauge theory. In this scenario, the fermions can probe the UV physics inside the monopole core which leads to interesting effects such as proton decay in GUT models. However, the monopole-fermion scattering appears to lead to out-states that are not in the perturbative Hilbert space. In this talk, we will review this issue and propose a new physical mechanism that resolves this long-standing confusion.

The talk is in 469 Lauritsen.

Contact [email protected] for Zoom information.