2005/08/22 by S. Balestra, Balestra, S., S. Cecchini +44
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0508043
Presented at the 29-th ICRC, Pune, India (2005)
arxiv created 2005/08/22 · openalex publication_date 2005/08/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The search for magnetic monopoles in the cosmic radiation remains one of the main aims of non-accelerator particle astrophysics. Experiments at high altitude allow lower mass thresholds with respect to detectors at sea level or underground. The SLIM experiment is a large array of nuclear track detectors at the Chacaltaya High Altitude Laboratory (5290 m a.s.l.). The results from the analysis of 171 m2 exposed for more than 3.5 y are here reported. The completion of the analysis of the whole detector will allow to set the lowest flux upper limit for Magnetic Monopoles in the mass range 105 - 1012 GeV. The experiment is also sensitive to SQM nuggets and Q-balls, which are possible Dark Matter candidates.