Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment
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Ambrosio, M; Antolini, R; Auriemma, G; Bakari, D; Baldini, A; Barbarino, GC; Barish, BC; Battistoni, G; Becherini, Y; Bellotti, R; Bemporad, C ...
Published in: European Physical Journal C
December 1, 2002
The interaction of a Grand Unification Magnetic Monopole with a nucleon can lead to a barion-number violating process in which the nucleon decays into a lepton and one or more mesons (catalysis of nucleon decay). In this paper we report an experimental study of the effects of a catalysis process in the MACRO detector. Using a dedicated analysis we obtain new magnetic monopole (MM) flux upper limits at the level of ∼ 3 · 10-16 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 for 1.1 · 10-4 ≤ |β| ≤ 5 · 10-3, based on the search for catalysis events in the MACRO data. We also analyze the dependence of the MM flux limit on the catalysis cross section.
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European Physical Journal C
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1434-6044
Publication Date
December 1, 2002
Volume
26
Issue
2
Start / End Page
163 / 172
Related Subject Headings
- Nuclear & Particles Physics
- 5107 Particle and high energy physics
- 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
- 5101 Astronomical sciences
- 0206 Quantum Physics
- 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
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Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Auriemma, G., Bakari, D., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G. C., … Serra, P. (2002). Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment. European Physical Journal C, 26(2), 163–172. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2002-01045-x
Ambrosio, M., R. Antolini, G. Auriemma, D. Bakari, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, et al. “Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment.” European Physical Journal C 26, no. 2 (December 1, 2002): 163–72. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2002-01045-x.
Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, et al. Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment. European Physical Journal C. 2002 Dec 1;26(2):163–72.
Ambrosio, M., et al. “Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment.” European Physical Journal C, vol. 26, no. 2, Dec. 2002, pp. 163–72. Scopus, doi:10.1140/epjc/s2002-01045-x.
Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, Barish BC, Battistoni G, Becherini Y, Bellotti R, Bemporad C, Bernardini P, Bilokon H, Bloise C, Bower C, Brigida M, Bussino S, Cafagna F, Calicchio M, Campana D, Carboni M, Caruso R, Cecchini S, Cei F, Chiarella V, Choudhary BC, Coutu S, Cozzi M, de Cataldo G, Dekhissi H, de Marzo C, de Mitri I, Derkaoui J, de Vincenzi M, Di Credico A, Erriquez O, Favuzzi C, Forti C, Fusco P, Giacomelli G, Giannini G, Giglietto N, Giorgini M, Grassi M, Grillo A, Guarino F, Gustavino C, Habig A, Hanson K, Heinz R, Iarocci E, Katsavounidis E, Katsavounidis I, Kearns E, Kim H, Kyriazopoulou S, Lamanna E, Lane C, Levin DS, Lipari P, Longley NP, Longo MJ, Loparco F, Maaroufi F, Mancarella G, Mandrioli G, Manzoor S, Margiotta A, Marini A, Martello D, Marzari-Chiesa A, Mazziotta MN, Michael DG, Monacelli P, Montaruli T, Monteno M, Mufson S, Musser J, Nicolò D, Nolty R, Orth C, Osteria G, Palamara O, Patera V, Patrizii L, Pazzi R, Peck CW, Perrone L, Petrera S, Pistilli P, Popa V, Rainò A, Reynoldson J, Ronga F, Rrhioua A, Satriano C, Scapparone E, Scholberg K, Sciubba A, Serra P. Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment. European Physical Journal C. 2002 Dec 1;26(2):163–172.
Published In
European Physical Journal C
DOI
ISSN
1434-6044
Publication Date
December 1, 2002
Volume
26
Issue
2
Start / End Page
163 / 172
Related Subject Headings
- Nuclear & Particles Physics
- 5107 Particle and high energy physics
- 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
- 5101 Astronomical sciences
- 0206 Quantum Physics
- 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics