Do monopoles keep white dwarfs hot?

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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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