Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icrc....8..238m&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf., Vol. 8 p 238-241 (SEE N85-36066 24-93)
Physics
Baryons, Field Theory (Physics), Magnetic Monopoles, Particle Emission, Protons, Water, Amplifiers, Detection, Energy Dissipation, Ionization, Particle Interactions, Photomultiplier Tubes, Scintillation
Scientific paper
Recent advances in the development of Grand Unification Theories have led to several interesting predictions. One of these states that Grand Unification Monopoles (GUMs) exist as solutions in may nonabelian gauge theories. Another consequence of Unification is the possibility of baryon decay. The efficiency of the water tank detector in registering a Rubakov type decay will vary with both the interaction length and the GUM's velocity, expressed in terms of beta ( 0.01). The efficiency decreases at large values of because of the limited resolving time of the detector (approx. 50 ns). At lower values of Beta the time between interactions is such that the criterion of 4 events in 2 mu s can no longer be satisfied. The Rubakov experiment has now been in operation for almost 2 years with an estimated live time of 80%. During this time no candidate events have been observed leading to an estimated upper limit on the flux of 7.82 x 0.00001 m(-2) d(-1) Sr(-1). The ionization loss detection system has only recently come on line and as yet no results are available from this experiment.
Fegan David J.
MacNeill G.
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