The search for rare particles 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 located at the Chacaltaya High Altitude Laboratory (5290 m a.s.l.). The preliminary results from the analysis of a part of the first 236 sq.m exposed for more than 3.6 y are here reported. The detector is sensitive to Intermediate Mass Magnetic Monopoles and to SQM nuggets and Q-balls, which are possible Dark Matter candidates.

Rare Particle Searches with the high altitude SLIM experiment

CECCHINI, STEFANO;FABBRI, FABRIZIO;PATRIZII, LAURA;POPA, VLAD;SPURIO, MAURIZIO;GIACOMELLI, GIORGIO MARIA;GIORGINI, MIRIAM;
2006

Abstract

The search for rare particles 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 located at the Chacaltaya High Altitude Laboratory (5290 m a.s.l.). The preliminary results from the analysis of a part of the first 236 sq.m exposed for more than 3.6 y are here reported. The detector is sensitive to Intermediate Mass Magnetic Monopoles and to SQM nuggets and Q-balls, which are possible Dark Matter candidates.
2006
S. Balestra; S. Cecchini; F. Fabbri ;A. Kumar|; S. Manzoor| ;J. McDonald| ;E. Medinaceli|; L. Patrizii| ;J. Pinfold|; V. Popa;| I. Qureshi|; O. Saavedra|; G. Sher| ;M. Shahzad|; M. Spurio|; V. Togo|; A. Velarde|; A. Zanini|;G. Giacomelli|;R.Giacomelli|;M.Giorgini
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