Progress report on the Texas A and M monopole experiment

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5886341

Shepko, M J

The Texas A and M University high energy physics research group has just completed construction of a large scintillation telescope at the United Salt Corporation mine in Hockley, Texas to search for superheavy magnetic monopoles. Measurements include both the time of flight and specific ionization of particles passing through the detector. A GUT monopole event would be characterized by a rather long transit time between layers of the telescope coupled to the observation of fluorescence (either prompt or delayed) in the scintillation counters. The Texas A and M monopole detector was designed to achieve a sensitivity of 10/sup -15/ cm/sup -2/sec/sup -1/sr/sup -1/ for a monopole velocity in the range of 8 x 10/sup -4/ < ..beta.. < 10/sup -1/. 5 references.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station (USA). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: AS05-81ER40039
• OSTI ID: 5886341
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40039-11; CONF-8405155-7; ON: DE85008369
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
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SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SENSITIVITY
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UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
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