Search for Massive Particles in the Cosmic Radiation at Sea Level

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30 September 1968

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 21 (14) , 1013-1015
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.21.1013

Abstract

We have found no evidence for the existence of long-lived, massive particles in the cosmic radiation at sea leavel. The experimental limit for masses above 2 BeV/

c^{2}

is 2.2 ×

10^{- 8}

particles

{({cm}^{2} s r s e c)}^{- 1}

Keywords

MSPACE
COSMIC RADIATION
MASSIVE PARTICLES
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Limit on the Presence of Heavy Stable Fundamental Particles in the Primary Cosmic Radiation
Physical Review Letters, 1968
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Physical Review Letters, 1968
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Physical Review Letters, 1967