Published August 1998 | Version v1
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Search for Millicharged Particles at SLAC

Creators

  • 1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California 94309 (United States)

Description

Particles with electric charge q≤10-3e and masses in the range 1 endash 100 MeV/c2 are not excluded by present experiments. An experiment uniquely suited to the production and detection of such open-quotes millichargedclose quotes particles has been carried out at SLAC. This experiment is sensitive to the infrequent excitation and ionization of matter expected from the passage of such a particle. Analysis of the data rules out a region of mass and charge, establishing, for example, a 95%-confidence upper limit on electric charge of 4.1x10-5e for millicharged particles of mass 1 MeV/c2 and 5.8x10-4e for mass 100 MeV/c2 . copyright 1998 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1175-1178
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
29060825
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
DETECTION; ELECTRIC CHARGES; EXCITATION; FRACTIONATION; IONIZATION; MASS; MATTER; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; SPIN; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; MATTER; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS