A search for super-heavy gut magnetic monopoles in cosmic rays.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shepko, Michael John
Other Authors:	Bryan, Ronald A. (degree committee member.), Fulling, Stephen A. (degree committee member.), McIntyre, Peter M. (degree committee member.), Meyer, Thomas (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	1986.
Subjects:	Cosmic magnetic fields. Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics) Magnetic monopoles. Major physics. Academic theses
Online Access:	Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy

Description
Abstract:	A search for superheavy grand unified (GUT) magnetic monopoles has been performed utilizing a large (260m²sr) array of scintillation counters, sited underground at a depth of 1200 m.w.e. This apparatus measures both the time of flight and specific ionization of particles passing through it and has a trigger which is sensitive to prompt as well as very slowly developing pulses from the detector. No monopole events have been observed during 280 days of live time operation of this detector. An upper limit on the flux of monopoles of 4.6 x 10⁻¹⁴cm⁻²sr⁻¹s⁻¹ is obtained in the velocity range 8.5 x 10⁻⁴c to 0.012c at a 90% confidence level.
Item Description:	Typescript (photocopy). Vita.
Physical Description:	x, 136 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-135).