Astroparticle physics with nuclear track detectors

This thesis is mainly about the search for exotic heavy particles -Intermediate Mass Magnetic Monopoles, Nuclearites and Q-balls with the SLIM experiment at the Chacaltaya High Altitude Laboratory (5230 m, Bolivia), establishing upper limits (90% CL) in the absence of candidates, which are among...

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Main Author: Medinaceli Villegas, Eduardo <1976>
Other Authors: Giacomelli, Giorgio
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2008
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/850/