Proton Capture by Magnetic Monopoles

The cross section for radiative capture of protons by monopoles is calculated by the use of bound-state and scattering wave functions obtained with the Kazama-Yang Hamiltonian, i.e., with a pointlike proton. For proton velocities \ensuremath{\beta}={10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}\ensuremath{-}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3} the cross sections for capture into the lowest bound states, with binding energies of 938 MeV, 263 keV, and 105 eV, are found to be of the...