Search for GUT Magnetic Monopoles with the MACRO Experiment at the Gran Sasso Lab
arXiv:hep-ex/0210021 · doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(03)90507-X
Abstract
The final results of the MACRO experiment on the search for GUT supermassive magnetic monopoles in the penetrating cosmic radiation are presented and discussed. The 90% CL upper limits are at the level of 1.5 - 2 x 10^-16 cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 for 0.0004 < beta < 1. Similar limits were obtained for nuclearites. Limits for the MM catalysis of proton decay are at 3 - 4 x 10^-16 cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-2 for 10^-4 < beta < 6 x 10^-3.
4 pages, 6 EPS figures. Contribution to the ICHEP 2002 Conference, Amsterdam, 24-31 July 2002. Corrected refrences