Search for magnetic monopoles in polar volcanic rocks

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bendtz, K ^a   Milstead, D ^a   Hachler H P ^b   Hirt, A M ^b   Mermod, P ^c   Michael, P ^d   Sloan, T ^e   Tegner, C ^f   Thorarinsson, S B ^g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; PERSISTENT CURRENTS; UPPER LIMITS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; PHYSICS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 84875462361     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.121803     Document Type: Article

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