Published February 1, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

The MACRO detector at the Gran Sasso Laboratory

  • 1. Bari Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bari (Italy)
  • 3. Bologna Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  • 4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Bologna (Italy)
  • 5. Boston Univ., MA (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 6. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (USA). Lauritsen Lab. of High Energy Physics
  • 7. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland). EP-Div.
  • 8. Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (USA). Physics Dept.
  • 9. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati (Italy). Lab. Nazionale di Frascati
  • 10. Indiana Univ., Bloomington (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 11. L'Aquila Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  • 12. Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). Randall Lab. of Physics
  • 13. Naples Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  • 14. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Naples (Italy)
  • 15. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa (Italy)
  • 16. Rome Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  • 17. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Rome (Italy)
  • 18. Texas A and M Univ., College Station (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 19. Turin Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
  • 20. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Turin (Italy)

Description

The MACRO detector is presently under construction, its installation at Gran Sasso being planned to start in September 1987. It is a large area detector, the acceptance for isotropic particle fluxes being around 10 000 m2 sr, designed to search for rare phenomena in the cosmic radiation. It makes use of three detection techniques: liquid scintillator counters, plastic streamer tubes, and track-etch. It will perform a search for GUT monopoles (or any supermassive charged penetrating particle), a survey of cosmic point sources of HE gammas and neutrinos, a systematic study of the penetrating cosmic ray muons, and will be sensitive to neutrino bursts from gravitational stellar collapses in the Galaxy. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A
Journal Volume
264
Journal Issue
1
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
18-23
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE

Conference

Title
Workshop on non-accelerator particle physics (NAPP).
Dates
1-3 Jun 1987.
Place
Rochester, NY (USA).

Optional Information

Collaborations
MACRO Collaboration.