Published October 1, 1982
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Journal article
Experimental limits on quarks, tachyons, and massive particles in cosmic rays
Creators
- 1. Laboratori Nationali di Frascati dell' INFN, I-00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
Description
A large detector with high redundancy is used to search for various types of anomalous particles in cosmic rays at sea level. The detector is sensitive to zenith angles between 450 and 900. Previously obtained limits on the fluxes of charge (1/3) and (2/3) particles are reduced to 2.9 x 10-10 and 2.6 x 10-10 cm-2sr -1 sec-1, respectively. The flux of ionizing tachyons is determined to be less than 2.4 x 10-9 cm-2 sr-1 sec-1. The massive-particle flux limit we obtain is inconsistent with previous claims of such particles assuming that these particles are isotropic in zenith angle
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 26
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 1777-1780
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14735351
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANNIHILATION; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRON-POSITRON INTERACTIONS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; PARTICLE DISCRIMINATION; QUARKS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TACHYONS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD
- Descriptors DEC
- DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INTERACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATIONS