Search for massive rare particles with the SLIM experiment
Aug, 2005Citations per year
Abstract:
The search for magnetic monopoles in the cosmic radiation remains one of the main aims of non-accelerator particle astrophysics. Experiments at high altitude allow lower mass thresholds with respect to detectors at sea level or underground. The SLIM experiment is a large array of nuclear track detectors at the Chacaltaya High Altitude Laboratory (5290 m a.s.l.). The results from the analysis of 171 m exposed for more than 3.5 y are here reported. The completion of the analysis of the whole detector will allow to set the lowest flux upper limit for Magnetic Monopoles in the mass range 10 - 10 GeV. The experiment is also sensitive to SQM nuggets and Q-balls, which are possible Dark Matter candidates.References(17)
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