3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
Mexico/General timezone
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Contribution Poster

Merida, Mexico - Regency (Hyatt)

Slow Monopole Signals in Water and Ice Detectors

Speakers

  • Prof. John SWAIN

Primary authors

Abstract content

We consider the possible use of water and ice detectors designed for other purposes as detectors for slow magnetic monopoles. The mechanism we assume to dominate is monopole catalyzed baryon decay which can very efficiently turn protons into electromagnetic energy. Estimates of sensitivity for existing detectors are given.

Reference

Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 4 (HE part 1), pages 825-826