Nuclearite search with the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso

Ambrosio, M; Antolini, R; Aramo, C; Auriemma, G; Baldini, A; Barbarino, Gc; Barish, Bc; Battistoni, G; Bellotti, R; Bemporad, C; Bernardini, P; Bilokon, H; Bisi, V; Bloise, C; Bower, C; Bussino, S; Cafagna, F; Calicchio, M; Campana, D; Carboni, M; Castellano, Marcello; Cecchini, S; Cei, F; Chiarella, V; Choudhary, Bc; Coutu, S; De Benedictis, L; De Cataldo, G; Dekhissi, H; De Marzo, E; De Mitri, I; Derkaoui, J; De Vincenzi, M; Di Credico, A; Erriquez, O; Favuzzi, C; Forti, C; Fusco, P; Giacomelli, G; Giannini, G; Giglietto, Nicola; Giorgini, M; Grassi, M; Gray, L; Grillo, A; Guarino, F; Guarnaccia, P; Gustavino, C; Habig, A; Hanson, K; Heinz, R; Huang, Y; Iarocci, E; Katsavounidis, E; Kearns, E; Kim, H; Kyriazopoulou, S; Lamanna, E; Lane, C; Lari, T; Levin, Ds; Lipari, P; Longley, Np; Longo, Mj; Maaroufi, F; Mancarella, G; Mandrioli, G; Manzoor, S; Margiotta, A; Marini, A; Martello, D; Marzari Chiesa, A; Mazziotta, Mn; Michael, Dg; Mikheyev, S; Miller, L; Monacelli, P; Montaruli, T; Monteno, M; Mufson, S; Musser, J; Nicolo, D; Orth, C; Osteria, G; Ouchrif, M; Palamara, O; Patera, V; Patrizii, L; Pazzi, R; Peck, Cw; Perrone, L; Petrera, S; Pistilli, P; Popa, V; Pugliese, V; Raino, A; Rastelli, A; Reynoldson, J; Ronga, F; Rubizzo, U; Satriano, C; Satta, L; Scapparone, E; Scholberg, K; Sciubba, A; Serra, P; Severi, M; Sioli, M; Sitta, M; Spinelli, P; Spinetti, M; Spurio, M; Steinberg, R; Stone, Jl; Sulak, Lr; Surdo, A; Tarle, G; Togo, V; Ugolotti, D; Vakili, M; Walter, Cw; Webb, R.

doi:10.1007/s100520000142

In this paper we present the results of a search for nuclearites in the penetrating cosmic radiation using the scintillator and track-etch subdetectors of the MACRO apparatus. The analyses cover the beta = v/c range at the detector depth (3700 hg/cm(2)) 10(-5) < beta < 1; for beta = 2 x 10(-3) the flux limit is 2.7 x 10(-16) cm(-2)s(-1)sr(-1) for an isotropic flux of nuclearites, and twice this value for a flux of downgoing nuclearites. RI Aramo, Carla/D-4317-2011; Cafagna, Francesco/A-9299-2010; Rastelli, Armando/E-6955-2012; Spurio, Maurizio/G-4170-2012; Lamanna, Ernesto/C-7658-2012; giglietto, nicola/I-8951-2012

Nuclearite search with the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso / Ambrosio, M; Antolini, R; Aramo, C; Auriemma, G; Baldini, A; Barbarino, Gc; Barish, Bc; Battistoni, G; Bellotti, R; Bemporad, C; Bernardini, P; Bilokon, H; Bisi, V; Bloise, C; Bower, C; Bussino, S; Cafagna, F; Calicchio, M; Campana, D; Carboni, M; Castellano, Marcello; Cecchini, S; Cei, F; Chiarella, V; Choudhary, Bc; Coutu, S; De Benedictis, L; De Cataldo, G; Dekhissi, H; De Marzo, E; De Mitri, I; Derkaoui, J; De Vincenzi, M; Di Credico, A; Erriquez, O; Favuzzi, C; Forti, C; Fusco, P; Giacomelli, G; Giannini, G; Giglietto, Nicola; Giorgini, M; Grassi, M; Gray, L; Grillo, A; Guarino, F; Guarnaccia, P; Gustavino, C; Habig, A; Hanson, K; Heinz, R; Huang, Y; Iarocci, E; Katsavounidis, E; Kearns, E; Kim, H; Kyriazopoulou, S; Lamanna, E; Lane, C; Lari, T; Levin, Ds; Lipari, P; Longley, Np; Longo, Mj; Maaroufi, F; Mancarella, G; Mandrioli, G; Manzoor, S; Margiotta, A; Marini, A; Martello, D; Marzari Chiesa, A; Mazziotta, Mn; Michael, Dg; Mikheyev, S; Miller, L; Monacelli, P; Montaruli, T; Monteno, M; Mufson, S; Musser, J; Nicolo, D; Orth, C; Osteria, G; Ouchrif, M; Palamara, O; Patera, V; Patrizii, L; Pazzi, R; Peck, Cw; Perrone, L; Petrera, S; Pistilli, P; Popa, V; Pugliese, V; Raino, A; Rastelli, A; Reynoldson, J; Ronga, F; Rubizzo, U; Satriano, C; Satta, L; Scapparone, E; Scholberg, K; Sciubba, A; Serra, P; Severi, M; Sioli, M; Sitta, M; Spinelli, P; Spinetti, M; Spurio, M; Steinberg, R; Stone, Jl; Sulak, Lr; Surdo, A; Tarle, G; Togo, V; Ugolotti, D; Vakili, M; Walter, Cw; Webb, R.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - STAMPA. - 13:3(2000), pp. 453-458. [10.1007/s100520000142]