SEARCH FOR “ LIGHT ” MAGNETIC MONOPOLES The SLIM
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چکیده
We propose to implement one passive nuclear track detector array of 400 m at the Chacaltaya High Altitude Laboratory (5230 m a.s.l.). The main purposes of the experiment concern the searches for magnetic monopoles of relatively low masses at the Parker bound level, searches for low mass nuclearites, and searches for some supersymmetric dark matter candidates (Q-balls).
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