Experimental limits on magnetic monopole catalysis of nucleon decay

S. Errede; J. L. Stone; J. C. Van Der Velde; R. M. Bionta; G. Blewitt; C. B. Bratton; B. G. Cortez; G. W. Foster; W. Gajewski; M. Goldhaber; J. Greenberg; T. J. Haines; T. W. Jones; D. Kielczewska; W. R. Kropp; J. G. Learned; E. Lehmann; J. M. Losecco; P. V.Ramana Murthy; H. S. Park; F. Reines; J. Schultz; E. Shumard; D. Sinclair; D. W. Smith; H. W. Sobel; L. R. Sulak; R. Svoboda; C. Wuest

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.245

Experimental limits on magnetic monopole catalysis of nucleon decay

S. Errede, J. L. Stone, J. C. Van Der Velde, R. M. Bionta, G. Blewitt, C. B. Bratton, B. G. Cortez, G. W. Foster, W. Gajewski, M. Goldhaber, J. Greenberg, T. J. Haines, T. W. Jones, D. Kielczewska, W. R. Kropp, J. G. Learned, E. Lehmann, J. M. Losecco, P. V.Ramana Murthy, H. S. ParkF. Reines, J. Schultz, E. Shumard, D. Sinclair, D. W. Smith, H. W. Sobel, L. R. Sulak, R. Svoboda, C. Wuest

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A search for superheavy magnetic monopoles "catalyzing" nucleon decay via the reaction M+N M+e++mesons in an undergound water Cherenkov detector has been carried out. No positive evidence for such a process has been found during 100 d of detector live time. Cross section and velocity-dependent limits on the monopole flux are presented which are as low as Fm<7.2×10-15 cm-2 sr-1 s-1 (90% C.L.). For very low cross sections, velocity-independent limits on the monopole flux and interaction rate are obtained.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	245-248
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	51
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.245
State	Published - 1983
Externally published	Yes

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Errede, S., Stone, J. L., Van Der Velde, J. C., Bionta, R. M., Blewitt, G., Bratton, C. B., Cortez, B. G., Foster, G. W., Gajewski, W., Goldhaber, M., Greenberg, J., Haines, T. J., Jones, T. W., Kielczewska, D., Kropp, W. R., Learned, J. G., Lehmann, E., Losecco, J. M., Murthy, P. V. R., ... Wuest, C. (1983). Experimental limits on magnetic monopole catalysis of nucleon decay. Physical review letters, 51(4), 245-248. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.245

Experimental limits on magnetic monopole catalysis of nucleon decay. / Errede, S.; Stone, J. L.; Van Der Velde, J. C.; Bionta, R. M.; Blewitt, G.; Bratton, C. B.; Cortez, B. G.; Foster, G. W.; Gajewski, W.; Goldhaber, M.; Greenberg, J.; Haines, T. J.; Jones, T. W.; Kielczewska, D.; Kropp, W. R.; Learned, J. G.; Lehmann, E.; Losecco, J. M.; Murthy, P. V.Ramana; Park, H. S.; Reines, F.; Schultz, J.; Shumard, E.; Sinclair, D.; Smith, D. W.; Sobel, H. W.; Sulak, L. R.; Svoboda, R.; Wuest, C.

In: Physical review letters, Vol. 51, No. 4, 1983, p. 245-248.

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Errede, S, Stone, JL, Van Der Velde, JC, Bionta, RM, Blewitt, G, Bratton, CB, Cortez, BG, Foster, GW, Gajewski, W, Goldhaber, M, Greenberg, J, Haines, TJ, Jones, TW, Kielczewska, D, Kropp, WR, Learned, JG, Lehmann, E, Losecco, JM, Murthy, PVR, Park, HS, Reines, F, Schultz, J, Shumard, E, Sinclair, D, Smith, DW, Sobel, HW, Sulak, LR, Svoboda, R & Wuest, C 1983, 'Experimental limits on magnetic monopole catalysis of nucleon decay', Physical review letters, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 245-248. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.245

Errede, S. ; Stone, J. L. ; Van Der Velde, J. C. ; Bionta, R. M. ; Blewitt, G. ; Bratton, C. B. ; Cortez, B. G. ; Foster, G. W. ; Gajewski, W. ; Goldhaber, M. ; Greenberg, J. ; Haines, T. J. ; Jones, T. W. ; Kielczewska, D. ; Kropp, W. R. ; Learned, J. G. ; Lehmann, E. ; Losecco, J. M. ; Murthy, P. V.Ramana ; Park, H. S. ; Reines, F. ; Schultz, J. ; Shumard, E. ; Sinclair, D. ; Smith, D. W. ; Sobel, H. W. ; Sulak, L. R. ; Svoboda, R. ; Wuest, C. / Experimental limits on magnetic monopole catalysis of nucleon decay. In: Physical review letters. 1983 ; Vol. 51, No. 4. pp. 245-248.

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