Published November 21, 1983
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Journal article
Upper limit on flux of cosmic-ray monopoles obtained with a three-loop superconductive detector
Creators
- 1. Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
Description
A three-loop superconductive monopole detector has been continuously operated for over 150 days. Its sensing area is 476 cm2 (71 cm2 loop area and 405 cm2 near-miss area) for double coincidence events. The data, which contain no candidate events, set an upper limit of 3.7 x 10-11 cm-2 sec-1 sr-1 (90% C.L.) for monopoles of any mass and at any velocity passing through the Earth's surface
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 21
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1933-1936
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15034873
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COINCIDENCE SPECTROMETRY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LIMITING VALUES; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; MASS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION FLUX; SQUID DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
- Descriptors DEC
- COINCIDENCE METHODS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DETECTION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUIPMENT; FLUXMETERS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT; MONOPOLES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS