Monopoles and Cosmological Magnetic Fields

by Takeshi Kobayashi (SISSA)

Wednesday 1 Mar 2023, 15:00 → 16:00 Europe/Rome

1/1-2 - Aula "C. Voci" (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia - Edificio Marzolo)

I will discuss the interplay between magnetic monopoles and cosmological magnetic fields. In particular, I will show that monopole-antimonopole pair production in primordial magnetic fields provides an excellent opportunity to confront monopoles with astrophysical observations. I will also present new Parker-type constraints on monopole variants including minicharged monopoles and extremal magnetic black holes.