Abstract
In this article we examine the question of whether the highest energy cosmic ray primaries could be ultra relativistic magnetic monopoles. The analysis is performed within the framework of large compact dimensions and TeV scale quantum gravity. Our study indicates that while this hypothesis must be regarded as highly speculative it cannot be ruled out with present data.
Keywords
high energy physics phenomenology, fifth dimension
Subject Categories
Cosmic rays, Magnetic monopoles, Quantum gravity
Disciplines
Physics
Publication Date
2000
Permanent URL
Recommended Citation
Anchordoqui, Luis A.; McCauley, Thomas P.; Reucroft, Stephen; and Swain, John, "Echoes of the fifth dimension?" (2000). Physics Faculty Publications. Paper 147. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20000758
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Notes
Originally posted at http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0009319v3. Preprint of an article published in Physical Review D, v.63 no.2, 2000.