SEARCH FOR MAGNETIC MONOPOLES WITH THE SOUDAN-2 DETECTOR

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 monopo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Physical review. D, Particles and fields Particles and fields, 1992-12, Vol.46 (11), p.4846-4851
Hauptverfasser:	THRON, JL, ALLISON, WWM, ALNER, GJ, AMBATS, 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, PRICE, LE, ROBACK, DM, ROSEN, DB, RUDDICK, K, SAITTA, B, SCHMID, DJ, SCHLERETH, J, SCHNEPS, J, SHIELD, PD, SHUPE, MA, SUNDARALINGAM, N, THOMSON, MA, TUPPER, LM, VILLAUME, G, WERKEMA, SJ, WEST, N, WOODS, CA
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	662210 > Specific Theories & Interaction Models ARGON Astronomy & Astrophysics BINDING ENERGY CALORIMETERS CARBON COMPOUNDS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON OXIDES CHALCOGENIDES DRIFT TUBES ELECTRIC FIELDS ELEMENTARY PARTICLES ELEMENTS ENERGY Exact sciences and technology FIELD THEORIES FLUIDS GASES GRAND UNIFIED THEORY IONIZING RADIATIONS LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS MAGNETIC MONOPOLES MATHEMATICAL MODELS MEASURING INSTRUMENTS MONOPOLES NONMETALS Other particles (including hypothetical) OXIDES OXYGEN COMPOUNDS PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION PARTICLE MODELS Particle Systematics > Unified Theories & Models > (1992-) Physical Sciences Physics PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS Physics, Particles & Fields POSTULATED PARTICLES Properties of specific particles PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS RADIATION DETECTORS RADIATIONS RARE GASES Science & Technology The physics of elementary particles and fields TRANSFORMATIONS UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES 662440 > Properties of Other Particles Including Hypothetical Particles-- (1992-)
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Zusammenfassung:	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).
ISSN:	0556-2821 1089-4918
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevD.46.4846