A combined analysis technique for the search for fast magnetic monopoles with the MACRO detector

被引：12

作者：

Ambrosio, M

Antolini, R

Auriemma, G

Bakari, D

Baldini, A

Barbarino, GC

Barish, BC

Battistoni, G

Becherini, Y

Bellotti, R

Bemporad, C

Bernardini, P

Bilokon, H

Bloise, C

Bower, C

Brigida, M

Bussino, S

Cafagna, F

Calicchio, M

Campana, D

Carboni, M

Caruso, R

Cecchini, S

Cei, F

Chiarella, V

Choudhary, BC

Coutu, S

De Cataldo, G

Dekhissi, H

De Marzo, C

De Mitri, I

Derkaoui, J

De Vincenzi, M

DiCredico, A

Erriquez, O

Favuzzi, C

Forti, C

Fusco, P

Giacomelli, G

Giannini, G

Giglietto, N

Giorgini, M

Grassi, M

Grillo, A

Guarino, F

Gustavino, C

Habig, A

Heinz, R

Iarocci, E

Katsavounidis, E

机构：

[1] Univ Lecce, Dipartimento Fis, I-73100 Lecce, Italy

[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-73100 Lecce, Italy

[3] Univ Naples, Dipartimento Fis, I-80125 Naples, Italy

[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-80125 Naples, Italy

[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, Aquila, Italy

[6] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[8] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

[9] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

[10] Univ Mohamed I, Fac Sci, LPTP, Oujda, Morocco

[11] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, I-56010 Pisa, Italy

[12] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-56010 Pisa, Italy

[13] CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[14] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy

[15] Univ Bari, Dipartimento Fis, I-70126 Bari, Italy

[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-70126 Bari, Italy

[17] Indiana Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA

[18] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Fis, I-00146 Rome, Italy

[19] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tre, I-00146 Rome, Italy

[20] Univ Aquila, Dipartimento Fis, I-67100 Laquila, Italy

[21] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-67100 Laquila, Italy

[22] Univ Michigan, Dept Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[23] Boston Univ, Dept Phys, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[24] Drexel Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA

[25] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Sperimentale, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[26] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[27] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys, College Stn, TX 77843 USA

[28] Univ Basilicata, I-85100 Potenza, Italy

[29] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[30] CNR, Ist TESRE, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

[31] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16801 USA

[32] Univ Trieste, I-34100 Trieste, Italy

[33] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-34100 Trieste, Italy

[34] Univ Minnesota, Dept Phys, Duluth, MN 55812 USA

[35] Univ Rome, Dipartimento Energet, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[36] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[37] Intervideo Inc, Torrance, CA 90505 USA

[38] Univ Calabria, Dipartimento Fis, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende, Cosenza, Italy

[39] PINSTECH, RPD, Islamabad, Pakistan

[40] Inst Space Sci, Bucharest 76900, Romania

来源：

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS | 2002年 / 18卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00183-9

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We describe a search method for fast moving (beta = v/c > 5 x 10(-3)) magnetic monopoles using simultaneously the scintillator, streamer tube and track-etch subdetectors of the MACRO apparatus. The first two subdetectors are used primarily for the identification of candidates while the track-etch one is used as the final tool for their rejection or confirmation. Using this technique, a first sample of more than two-years of data has been analyzed without any evidence of a magnetic monopole. We set a 90% CL upper limit to the local monopole flux of 1.5 x 10(-15) cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) in the velocity range 5 x 10(-3) less than or equal to beta less than or equal to 0.99 and for nucleon decay catalysis cross-section smaller than similar to1 mb (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：27 / 41

页数：15

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