Search for slow magnetic monopoles with the NOvA detector on the surface

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doi:10.1103/physrevd.103.012007

Search for slow magnetic monopoles with the NOvA detector on the surface

Acero M. A., Adamson P., Aliaga L., Alion T., Allakhverdian V., Anfimov N., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, cilt.103, sa.1, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 103 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2021
Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevd.103.012007
Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, INSPEC, zbMATH
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report a search for a magnetic monopole component of the cosmic-ray flux in a 95-day exposure of the NOvA experiment's Far Detector, a 14 kt segmented liquid scintillator detector designed primarily to observe GeV-scale electron neutrinos. No events consistent with monopoles were observed, setting an upper limit on the flux of 2 x 10(-14) cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) at 90% C.L. for monopole speed 6 x 10(-4) < beta < 5 x 10(-3) and mass greater than 5 x 10(8) GeV. Because of NOvA's small overburden of 3 meters-water equivalent, this constraint covers a previously unexplored low-mass region.