Improved experimental limits on the production of magnetic monopoles

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 5292-5295

  Kalbfleisch, G R ^a   Milton, K A ^a   Strauss, M G ^a   Gamberg, L ^a   Smith, E H ^a,b   Luo, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; SQUIDS;

DRELL-YAN MECHANISM; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; PICOBARNS;

MAGNETIC MOMENTS;

EID: 0034504289     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5292     Document Type: Article

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