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 |
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Pages (from-to) | 405-409 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Radiation Measurements |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 2-6 |
DOIs | |
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