Magnetic Monopole Search at high altitude with the SLIM experiment

Authors :: Balestra, S.
Cecchini, S.
Cozzi, M.
Errico, M.
Fabbri, F.
Giacomelli, G.
Giacomelli, R.
Giorgini, M.
Kumar, A.
Manzoor, S.
McDonald, J.
Mandrioli, G.
Marcellini, S.
Margiotta, A.
Medinaceli, E.
Patrizii, L.
Pinfold, J.
Popa, V.
Qureshi, I. E.
Saavedra, O.
Sahnoun, Z.
Sirri, G.
Spurio, M.
Togo, V.
Velarde, A.
Zanini, A.
Source :: Eur.Phys.J.C55:57-63,2008
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: The SLIM experiment was a large array of nuclear track detectors located at the Chacaltaya high altitude Laboratory (5230 m a.s.l.). The detector was in particular sensitive to Intermediate Mass Magnetic Monopoles, with masses 10^5 < M <10^{12} GeV. From the analysis of the full detector exposed for more than 4 years a flux upper limit of 1.3 x 10^{-15} cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} for downgoing fast Intermediate Mass Monopoles was established at the 90% C.L.<br />Comment: 11 pages. 11 EPS figures. Added Fig. 5 and ref. [15]. Added more details in Sect. 2 and 3