Acero, M A, Adamson, P, Aliaga, L, Alion, T, Allakhverdian, V, Anfimov, N, Antoshkin, A, Arrieta-Diaz, E, Asquith, L, Baird, M, Booth, A C, Hartnell, J, Mayes, B, Méndez, D P, Zhang, Y, NOvA Collaboration, and others, (2021) Search for slow magnetic monopoles with the NOvA detector on the surface. Physical Review D, 103 (1). a012007 1-9. ISSN 2470-0010

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Abstract

We report a search for a magnetic monopole component of the cosmic-ray flux in a 95-day exposure of the NOvA experiment's Far Detector, a 14 kt segmented liquid scintillator detector designed primarily to observe GeV-scale electron neutrinos. No events consistent with monopoles were observed, setting an upper limit on the flux of 2×10-14 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 at 90% C.L. for monopole speed 6×10-4<β<5×10-3 and mass greater than 5×108 GeV. Because of NOvA's small overburden of 3 meters-water equivalent, this constraint covers a previously unexplored low-mass region.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	17 Mar 2021 08:56
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2021 09:00
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/97847

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