The treatment and rejection of two "strange" candidate events in the SLIM experiment (2008)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Esposti, L. Degli, Di Ferdinando, D., Errico, M., ...
During the analysis of the CR39 Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) of the SLIM experiment exposed at the high altitude lab of Chacaltaya (Bolivia) we observed a sequence of puzzling etch-pits. We made a...
Magnetic Monopole Search at high altitude with the SLIM experiment (2008)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Cozzi, M., Errico, M., Fabbri, F., Giacomelli, G., ...
The SLIM experiment was a large array of nuclear track detectors located at the Chacaltaya high altitude Laboratory (5230 m a.s.l.). The detector was in particular sensitive to Intermediate Mass...
Nuclear Track Detectors for Environmental Studies and Radiation Monitoring (2006)
Manzoor, S., Balestra, S., Cozzi, M., Errico, M., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., ...
Several improvements were made for Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) used for environmental studies and for particle searches. A new method was used to determine the bulk etch rate of CR39 and Makrofol...
Fragmentation studies of high energy ions using CR39 nuclear track detectors (2006)
Togo, V., Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Di Ferdinando, D., Frutti, M., Giacomelli, G., ...
We report on the measurements of the total charge changing fragmentation cross sections in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions using Fe, Si and Pb incident ions. Several stacks of CR39 nuclear...
Nuclear Track Detectors for Particle Searches (2006)
Manzoor, S., Balestra, S., Cozzi, M., Errico, M., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., ...
In this paper we report a search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles and nuclearites using CR39 and Makrofol Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) of the SLIM large area experiment, 440 m^2 exposed at...
Bulk Etch Rate Measurements and Calibrations of Plastic Nuclear Track Detectors (2006)
Balestra, S., Cozzi, M., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Giorgini, M., Kumar, A., ...
New calibrations of CR39 and Makrofol nuclear track detectors have been obtained using 158 A GeV Pb (82+) and In (49+) ions; a new method for the bulk etch rate determination, using both cone height...
Rare Particle Searches with the high altitude SLIM experiment (2006)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Fabbri, F., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Giorgini, M., ...
The search for rare particles in the cosmic radiation remains one of the main aims of non-accelerator particle astrophysics. Experiments at high altitude allow lower mass thresholds with respect to...
Search for nuclearites with the SLIM detector (2006)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Giacomelli, G., Giacomelli, R., Giorgini, M., Manzoor, S., ...
The strange quark matter (SQM) may be the ground state of QCD; nuggets of SQM could be present in cosmic rays (CR). SLIM is a large area experiment, using CR39 and Makrofol track etch detectors,...
Search for massive rare particles with the SLIM experiment (2005)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Fabbri, F., Giacomelli, G., Kumar, A., Manzoor, S., ...
The search for magnetic monopoles in the cosmic radiation remains one of the main aims of non-accelerator particle astrophysics. Experiments at high altitude allow lower mass thresholds with respect...
Search for nuclearites with the SLIM detector (2005)
Balestra, S., Cecchini, S., Giacomelli, G., Giorgini, M., Kumar, A., Mandrioli, G., ...
We discuss the properties of cosmic ray nuclearites, from the point of view of their search with large nuclear track detector arrays exposed at different altitudes, in particular with the SLIM...