The performance of MACRO liquid scintillator in the search for magnetic monopoles with 10(-3)<beta<1

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Ambrosio, M
Antolini, R
Auriemma, G
Baker, R
Baldini, A
Barbarino, GC
Barish, BC
Battistoni, G
Bellotti, R
Bemporad, C
Bernardini, P
Bilokon, H
Bisi, V
Bloise, C
Bosio, T
Bower, C
Bussino, S
Cafagna, R
Calicchio, M
Campana, D
Carboni, M
Castellano, M
Cecchini, S
Cei, F
Chiarella, V
Corona, A
Coutu, S
DeCataldo, G
Dekhissi, H
DeMarzo, C
De Mitri, I
DeVincenzi, M
DiCredico, A
Erriquez, O
Fantini, R
Favuzzi, C
Forti, C
Fusco, P
Giacomelli, G
Giannini, G
Giglietto, N
Goretti, M
Grassi, M
Green, P
Grillo, A
Guarino, F
Guarnaccia, P
Gustavino, C
Habig, A
Hanson, K
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-80125 NAPLES, ITALY
[2] UNIV BARI, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-70126 BARI, ITALY
[3] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-70126 BARI, ITALY
[4] UNIV BOLOGNA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[5] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-40126 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[6] BOSTON UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
[7] CALTECH, PASADENA, CA 91125 USA
[8] DREXEL UNIV, DEPT PHYS, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
[9] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL FRASCATI, I-00044 FRASCATI, ROME, ITALY
[10] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, LAB NAZL GRAN SASSO, I-67010 LAQUILA, ITALY
[11] INDIANA UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 USA
[12] INDIANA UNIV, DEPT ASTRON, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 USA
[13] UNIV AQUILA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-67100 LAQUILA, ITALY
[14] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-67100 LAQUILA, ITALY
[15] UNIV LECCE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-73100 LECCE, ITALY
[16] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-73100 LECCE, ITALY
[17] UNIV MICHIGAN, DEPT PHYS, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
[18] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[19] UNIV PISA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[20] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[21] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[22] SWARTHMORE COLL, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, SWARTHMORE, PA 19081 USA
[23] TEXAS A&M UNIV, DEPT PHYS, COLLEGE STN, TX 77843 USA
[24] UNIV TURIN, DIPARTIMENTO FIS SPERIMENTALE, I-10125 TURIN, ITALY
[25] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-10125 TURIN, ITALY
[26] UNIV BASILICATA, I-85100 POTENZA, ITALY
[27] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-20133 MILAN, ITALY
[28] CNR, IST TESRE, I-40129 BOLOGNA, ITALY
[29] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA, I-56010 PISA, ITALY
[30] UNIV MOHAMED 1, FAC SCI, OUJDA, MOROCCO
[31] UNIV ROMA TRE, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, ROME, ITALY
[32] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-34100 TRIESTE, ITALY
[33] UNIV TRIESTE, I-34100 TRIESTE, ITALY
[34] SANDIA NATL LABS, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87185 USA
[35] UNIV ROME, DIPARTIMENTO ENERGET, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[36] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI, INST NUCL RES, MOSCOW 117312, RUSSIA
[37] INST ATOM PHYS, BUCHAREST 76900, ROMANIA
[38] IV KURCHATOV ATOM ENERGY INST, INST GEN & NUCL PHYS, RRC, MOSCOW 123183, RUSSIA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/S0927-6505(96)00048-5
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
MACRO is designed to make a multiply redundant search for GUT magnetic monopoles over a wide velocity range. The 100 MHz pulse height recorder and synchronous encoder (PHRASE) and the energy reconstruction processor (ERP) are two components of that search, both based on the MACRO liquid scintillator. They are sensitive to monopoles with or without captured nuclei in the range beta similar to 10(-3) to beta similar to 1, Here, the performance of these systems is discussed, including also analysis methods and background evaluations.
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