First Results from a Superconductive Detector for Moving Magnetic Monopoles
- 17 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 48 (20) , 1378-1381
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.48.1378
Abstract
A velocity- and mass-independent search for moving magnetic monopoles is being performed by continuously monitoring the current in a 20--area superconducting loop. A single candidate event, consistent with one Dirac unit of magnetic charge, has been detected during five runs totaling 151 days. These data set an upper limit of 6.1× for magnetically charged particles moving through the earth's surface.
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