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.

A combined analysis technique for the search for fast magnetic monopoles with the MACRO detector / M., A., R., A., G., A., D., B., A., B., G. C., B., B. C., B., G., B., Y., B., R., B., C., B., P., B., H., B., C., B., C., B., M., B., S., B., F., C., M., C., D., C., et al.. - In: ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0927-6505. - 18:1(2002), pp. 27-41. [10.1016/s0927-6505(01)00183-9]

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

IAROCCI, Enzo;PATERA, Vincenzo;SCIUBBA, Adalberto;
2002

Abstract

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.
2002
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A combined analysis technique for the search for fast magnetic monopoles with the MACRO detector / M., A., R., A., G., A., D., B., A., B., G. C., B., B. C., B., G., B., Y., B., R., B., C., B., P., B., H., B., C., B., C., B., M., B., S., B., F., C., M., C., D., C., et al.. - In: ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0927-6505. - 18:1(2002), pp. 27-41. [10.1016/s0927-6505(01)00183-9]
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