SEARCH FOR MAGNETIC MONOPOLES WITH THE SOUDAN-2 DETECTOR

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THRON, JL
ALLISON, WWM
ALNER, GJ
AMBATS, I
AYRES, DS
BALKA, LJ
BARR, GD
BARRETT, WL
BENJAMIN, D
BORDER, PM
BROOKS, CB
COBB, JH
COCKERILL, DJA
COURANT, H
DAWSON, JW
DEMUTH, DM
EDWARDS, VW
EWEN, B
FIELDS, TH
GARCIAGARCIA, C
GILES, RH
GILLER, GL
GOODMAN, MC
GRAY, RN
HEILIG, SJ
HILL, N
HOFTIEZER, JH
JANKOWSKI, DJ
JOHNS, K
KAFKA, T
KASAHARA, SMS
KOCHOCKI, J
LEESON, W
LITCHFIELD, PJ
LONGLEY, NP
LOPEZ, FV
LOWE, MJ
MANN, WA
MARSHAK, ML
MAY, EN
MAXAM, D
MCMASTER, L
MILBURN, RH
MILLER, WH
MINOR, CP
NAPIER, A
OLIVER, WP
PEARCE, GF
PERKINS, DH
PETERSON, EA
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
[2] UNIV OXFORD,DEPT PHYS,OXFORD OX1 3RH,ENGLAND
[3] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
[4] TUFTS UNIV,MEDFORD,MA 02155
[5] GRINNELL COLL,GRINNELL,IA 50112
[6] CARLETON COLL,NORTHFIELD,MN 55057
[7] WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE UNIV,BELLINGHAM,WA 98225
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1992年 / 46卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.46.4846
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A search for grand unified theory magnetic monopoles making highly ionizing tracks in argon gas has been conducted using the Soudan 2 nucleon decay detector. This underground detector is a large fine-grained tracking calorimeter comprised of long drift tubes read out by proportional wires. No monopole candidates were observed in data taken over almost three years, yielding an upper flux limit of 8.7 X 10(-15) cm-2s-1sr-1 for monopole velocities of beta > 2 x 10(-3).
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页码:4846 / 4851
页数:6
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