Search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles and nuclearites with the SLIM experiment

S. Cecchini; T. Chiarusi; D. Di Ferdinando; M. Cozzi; M. Frutti; G. Giacomelli; A. Kumar; S. Manzoor; J. McDonald; E. Medinaceli; J. Nogales; L. Patrizii; J. Pinfold; V. Popa; I. E. Qureshi; O. Saavedra; G. Sher; M. I. Shahzad; M. Spurio; R. Ticona; V. Togo; A. Velarde

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Search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles and nuclearites with the SLIM experiment

S. Cecchini, T. Chiarusi, D. Di Ferdinando, M. Cozzi, M. Frutti, G. Giacomelli, A. Kumar, S. Manzoor, J. McDonald, E. Medinaceli, J. Nogales, L. Patrizii, J. Pinfold, V. Popa, I. E. Qureshi, O. Saavedra, G. Sher, M. I. Shahzad, M. Spurio, R. TiconaV. Togo, A. Velarde

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Abstract

SLIM is a large area experiment (440 m2) installed at the Chacaltaya cosmic ray laboratory since 2001, and about 100 m2 at Koksil, Himalaya, since 2003. It is devoted to the search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles (107-1013 GeV/c2) and nuclearites in the cosmic radiation using stacks of CR-39 and Makrofol nuclear track detectors. In four years of operation it will reach a sensitivity to a flux of about 10-15 cm-2 s-1 sr-1. We present the results of the calibration of CR-39 and Makrofol and the analysis of a first sample of the exposed detector.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	405-409
Number of pages	5
Journal	Radiation Measurements
Volume	40
Issue number	2-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.01.008
State	Published - Nov 2005
Event	Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Soils - Duration: 23 Aug 2004 → 27 Aug 2004

Keywords

Chemical etching
Magnetic monopoles
Nuclear track detectors
Nuclearites
Q-balls
SLIM experiment

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Cecchini, S., Chiarusi, T., Di Ferdinando, D., Cozzi, M., Frutti, M., Giacomelli, G., Kumar, A., Manzoor, S., McDonald, J., Medinaceli, E., Nogales, J., Patrizii, L., Pinfold, J., Popa, V., Qureshi, I. E., Saavedra, O., Sher, G., Shahzad, M. I., Spurio, M., ... Velarde, A. (2005). Search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles and nuclearites with the SLIM experiment. Radiation Measurements, 40(2-6), 405-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.01.008

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Search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles and nuclearites with the SLIM experiment

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