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Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment

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The interaction of a Grand Unification Magnetic Monopole with a nucleon can lead to a barion-number violating process in which the nucleon decays into a lepton and one or more mesons (catalysis of nucleon decay). In this paper we report an experimental study of the effects of a catalysis process in the MACRO detector. Using a dedicated analysis we obtain new magnetic monopole (MM) flux upper limits at the level of \(\char1263\cdot 10^{-16} cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1}\) for \(1.1\cdot 10^{-4} \le \vert\beta\vert \le 5\cdot 10^{-3}\), based on the search for catalysis events in the MACRO data. We also analyze the dependence of the MM flux limit on the catalysis cross section.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bari and INFN, 70126 Bari, Italy , , , , , , IT

    R. Bellotti, M. Brigida, F. Cafagna, M. Calicchio, G. De Cataldo, C. De Marzo, O. Erriquez, C. Favuzzi, P. Fusco, N. Giglietto, F. Loparco, M.N. Mazziotta, T. Montaruli, A. Rainò & P. Spinelli

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Bologna and INFN, 40126 Bologna, Italy , , , , , , IT

    D. Bakari, Y. Becherini, S. Cecchini, M. Cozzi, H. Dekhissi, J. Derkaoui, G. Giacomelli, M. Giorgini, F. Maaroufi, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, A. Margiotta, L. Patrizii, V. Popa, A. Rrhioua, P. Serra, M. Sioli, G. Sirri, M. Spurio & V. Togo

  3. Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA , , , , , , US

    A. Habig, E. Kearns, C. Orth, K. Scholberg, J.L. Stone, L.R. Sulak & C.W. Walter

  4. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA , , , , , , US

    B.C. Barish, B.C. Choudhary, E. Katsavounidis, I. Katsavounidis, H. Kim, S. Kyriazopoulou, N.P. Longley, D.G. Michael, R. Nolty & C.W. Peck

  5. Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA , , , , , , US

    C. Lane & R. Steinberg

  6. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, 00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy , , , , , , IT

    G. Battistoni, H. Bilokon, C. Bloise, M. Carboni, V. Chiarella, C. Forti, E. Iarocci, A. Marini, V. Patera, F. Ronga, A. Sciubba & M. Spinetti

  7. Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso dell'INFN, 67010 Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy , , , , , , IT

    R. Antolini, A. Di Credico, A. Grillo, C. Gustavino, O. Palamara, J. Reynoldson & E. Scapparone

  8. Depts. of Physics and of Astronomy, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA , , , , , , US

    C. Bower, R. Heinz, S. Mufson & J. Musser

  9. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università dell'Aquila and INFN, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy , , , , , , IT

    R. Caruso, P. Monacelli & S. Petrera

  10. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Lecce and INFN, 73100 Lecce, Italy , , , , , , IT

    P. Bernardini, I. De Mitri, G. Mancarella, D. Martello, L. Perrone & A. Surdo

  11. Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA , , , , , , US

    S. Coutu, K. Hanson, D.S. Levin, M.J. Longo & G. Tarlè

  12. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Napoli and INFN, 80125 Napoli, Italy , , , , , , IT

    M. Ambrosio, G.C. Barbarino, D. Campana, F. Guarino & G. Osteria

  13. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Pisa and INFN, 56010 Pisa, Italy , , , , , , IT

    A. Baldini, C. Bemporad, F. Cei, G. Giannini, M. Grassi, D. Nicolò & R. Pazzi

  14. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Roma ”La Sapienza” and INFN, 00185 Roma, Italy , , , , , , IT

    G. Auriemma, E. Lamanna, P. Lipari & C. Satriano

  15. Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA , , , , , , US

    M. Vakili & R. Webb

  16. Dipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale dell'Università di Torino and INFN, 10125 Torino, Italy , , , , , , IT

    A. Marzari-Chiesa, M. Monteno & M. Sitta

  17. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Roma Tre and INFN Sezione Roma Tre, 00146 Roma, Italy , , , , , , IT

    S. Bussino, M. De Vincenzi & P. Pistilli

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Received: 2 August 2002 / Published online: 25 October 2002

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Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Auriemma, G. et al. Search for nucleon decays induced by GUT magnetic monopoles with the MACRO experiment. Eur. Phys. J. C 26, 163–172 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2002-01045-x

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