Search for magnetic monopoles with the Soudan 2 detector

J. L. Thron; W. W.M. Allison; G. J. Alner; I. Ambats; D. S. Ayres; L. J. Balka; G. D. Barr; W. L. Barrett; D. Benjamin; P. M. Border; C. B. Brooks; J. H. Cobb; D. J.A. Cockerill; H. Courant; J. W. Dawson; D. M. Demuth; V. W. Edwards; B. Ewen; T. H. Fields; C. Garcia-Garcia; R. H. Giles; G. L. Giller; M. C. Goodman; R. N. Gray; S. J. Heilig; N. Hill; J. H. Hoftiezer; D. J. Jankowski; K. Johns; T. Kafka; S. M.S. Kasahara; J. Kochocki; W. Leeson; P. J. Litchfield; N. P. Longley; F. V. Lopez; M. J. Lowe; W. A. Mann; M. L. Marshak; E. N. May; D. Maxam; L. McMaster; R. H. Milburn; W. H. Miller; C. P. Minor; A. Napier; W. P. Oliver; G. F. Pearce; D. H. Perkins; E. A. Peterson; L. E. Price; D. M. Roback; D. B. Rosen; K. Ruddick; B. Saitta; D. J. Schmid; J. Schlereth; J. Schneps; P. D. Shield; M. A. Shupe; N. Sundaralingam; M. A. Thomson; L. M. Tupper; G. Villaume; S. J. Werkema; N. West; C. A. Woods

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Search for magnetic monopoles with the Soudan 2 detector

J. L. Thron, W. W.M. Allison, G. J. Alner, I. Ambats, D. S. Ayres, L. J. Balka, G. D. Barr, W. L. Barrett, D. Benjamin, P. M. Border, C. B. Brooks, J. H. Cobb, D. J.A. Cockerill, H. Courant, J. W. Dawson, D. M. Demuth, V. W. Edwards, B. Ewen, T. H. Fields, C. Garcia-GarciaR. H. Giles, G. L. Giller, M. C. Goodman, R. N. Gray, S. J. Heilig, N. Hill, J. H. Hoftiezer, D. J. Jankowski, K. Johns, T. Kafka, S. M.S. Kasahara, J. Kochocki, W. Leeson, P. J. Litchfield, N. P. Longley, F. V. Lopez, M. J. Lowe, W. A. Mann, M. L. Marshak, E. N. May, D. Maxam, L. McMaster, R. H. Milburn, W. H. Miller, C. P. Minor, A. Napier, W. P. Oliver, G. F. Pearce, D. H. Perkins, E. A. Peterson, L. E. Price, D. M. Roback, D. B. Rosen, K. Ruddick, B. Saitta, D. J. Schmid, J. Schlereth, J. Schneps, P. D. Shield, M. A. Shupe, N. Sundaralingam, M. A. Thomson, L. M. Tupper, G. Villaume, S. J. Werkema, N. West, C. A. Woods

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A search for grand unified theory magnetic monopoles making highly ionizing tracks in argon gas has been conducted using the Soudan 2 nucleon decay detector. This underground detector is a large fine-grained tracking calorimeter comprised of long drift tubes read out by proportional wires. No monopole candidates were observed in data taken over almost three years, yielding an upper flux limit of 8.7 × 10-15 cm-2s-1sr-1 for monopole velocities of >2×10-3.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4846-4851
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	46
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.4846
State	Published - 1992

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Thron, J. L., Allison, W. W. M., Alner, G. J., Ambats, I., Ayres, D. S., Balka, L. J., Barr, G. D., Barrett, W. L., Benjamin, D., Border, P. M., Brooks, C. B., Cobb, J. H., Cockerill, D. J. A., Courant, H., Dawson, J. W., Demuth, D. M., Edwards, V. W., Ewen, B., Fields, T. H., ... Woods, C. A. (1992). Search for magnetic monopoles with the Soudan 2 detector. Physical Review D, 46(11), 4846-4851. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.4846

Thron, JL, Allison, WWM, Alner, GJ, Ambats, I, Ayres, DS, Balka, LJ, Barr, GD, Barrett, WL, Benjamin, D, Border, PM, Brooks, CB, Cobb, JH, Cockerill, DJA, Courant, H, Dawson, JW, Demuth, DM, Edwards, VW, Ewen, B, Fields, TH, Garcia-Garcia, C, Giles, RH, Giller, GL, Goodman, MC, Gray, RN, Heilig, SJ, Hill, N, Hoftiezer, JH, Jankowski, DJ, Johns, K, Kafka, T, Kasahara, SMS, Kochocki, J, Leeson, W, Litchfield, PJ, Longley, NP, Lopez, FV, Lowe, MJ, Mann, WA, Marshak, ML, May, EN, Maxam, D, McMaster, L, Milburn, RH, Miller, WH, Minor, CP, Napier, A, Oliver, WP, Pearce, GF, Perkins, DH, Peterson, EA, Price, LE, Roback, DM, Rosen, DB, Ruddick, K, Saitta, B, Schmid, DJ, Schlereth, J, Schneps, J, Shield, PD, Shupe, MA, Sundaralingam, N, Thomson, MA, Tupper, LM, Villaume, G, Werkema, SJ, West, N & Woods, CA 1992, 'Search for magnetic monopoles with the Soudan 2 detector', Physical Review D, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 4846-4851. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.4846

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