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Sweeping Away the Monopole Problem

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arxiv hep-ph/9710301 v2 pith:UENHYD2M submitted 1997-10-09 hep-ph astro-phhep-th

Sweeping Away the Monopole Problem

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keywords awaydefectmodelmonopoleproblemsolutionbuildingcosmological
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We propose a new solution to the cosmological monopole problem in which domain walls sweep away the magnetic monopoles and subsequently decay. The solution does not require extensive fine tuning or model building - it works for the prototype SU(5) Grand Unification model. More generally, it shows that defect interactions can lead to ``defect erasure'' in phase transitions and that this can be relevant to early universe physics.

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