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Abstract
The SLIM experiment was a large array of nuclear track detectors located at the Chacaltaya high altitude Laboratory (5230 m a.s.l.). The detector was in particular sensitive to intermediate mass magnetic monopoles, with masses 105 GeV <MM< 1012 GeV. From the analysis of the full detector exposed for more than 4 years a flux upper limit of 1.3×10-15 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 for downgoing fast intermediate mass monopoles was established at the 90% C.L.
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Title
Magnetic monopole search at high altitude with the SLIM experiment
Author
Balestra, S 1 ; Cecchini, S 2 ; Cozzi, M 1 ; Errico, M 1 ; Fabbri, F 3 ; Giacomelli, G 1 ; Giacomelli, R 3 ; Giorgini, M 1 ; Kumar, A 4 ; Manzoor, S 5 ; McDonald, J 6 ; Mandrioli, G 3 ; Marcellini, S 3 ; Margiotta, A 1 ; Medinaceli, E 7 ; Patrizii, L 3 ; Pinfold, J 6 ; Popa, V 8 ; Qureshi, I E 9 ; Saavedra, O 10 ; Sahnoun, Z 11 ; Sirri, G 3 ; Spurio, M 1 ; Togo, V 3 ; Velarde, A 12 ; Zanini, A 13
1 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; INFN Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; INAF/IASF Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy
3 INFN Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy
4 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Physics Dept., Sant Longowal Institute of Eng. & Tech., Longowal, India
5 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; PD, PINSTECH, P.O. Nilore, and COMSATS-CIIT, No. 30, H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
6 Centre for Subatomic Research, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
7 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Laboratorio de Física Cósmica de Chacaltaya, UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia
8 INFN Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Institute for Space Sciences, Bucharest-Măgurele, Romania
9 PD, PINSTECH, P.O. Nilore, and COMSATS-CIIT, No. 30, H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
10 Dip. Fisica Sperimentale e Generale, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy; INFN Sez. Torino, Torino, Italy
11 INFN Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Astrophysics Dept., CRAAG, Algiers, Algeria
12 Laboratorio de Física Cósmica de Chacaltaya, UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia
13 INFN Sez. Torino, Torino, Italy
1 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; INFN Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; INAF/IASF Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy
3 INFN Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy
4 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Physics Dept., Sant Longowal Institute of Eng. & Tech., Longowal, India
5 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; PD, PINSTECH, P.O. Nilore, and COMSATS-CIIT, No. 30, H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
6 Centre for Subatomic Research, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
7 Dip. Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Laboratorio de Física Cósmica de Chacaltaya, UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia
8 INFN Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Institute for Space Sciences, Bucharest-Măgurele, Romania
9 PD, PINSTECH, P.O. Nilore, and COMSATS-CIIT, No. 30, H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan
10 Dip. Fisica Sperimentale e Generale, Universitá di Torino, Torino, Italy; INFN Sez. Torino, Torino, Italy
11 INFN Sez. Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Astrophysics Dept., CRAAG, Algiers, Algeria
12 Laboratorio de Física Cósmica de Chacaltaya, UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia
13 INFN Sez. Torino, Torino, Italy
Pages
57-63
Publication year
2008
Publication date
May 2008
ISSN
14346044
e-ISSN
14346052
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2293807626
Copyright
The European Physical Journal C is a copyright of Springer, (2008). All Rights Reserved.