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

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

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, vol.103, no.1, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 103 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2021
Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevd.103.012007
Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, INSPEC, zbMATH
Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.