Search for fractionally charged particles in cosmic rays with the BESS spectrometer

H. Fuke; Y. Tasaki; K. Abe; S. Haino; Y. Makida; S. Matsuda; J. W. Mitchell; A. A. Moiseev; J. Nishimura; M. Nozaki; S. Orito; J. F. Ormes; M. Sasaki; E. S. Seo; Y. Shikaze; R. E. Streitmatter; J. Suzuki; K. Tanaka; T. Yamagami; A. Yamamoto; T. Yoshida; K. Yoshimura

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.042

Search for fractionally charged particles in cosmic rays with the BESS spectrometer

H. Fuke, Y. Tasaki, K. Abe, S. Haino, Y. Makida, S. Matsuda, J. W. Mitchell, A. A. Moiseev, J. Nishimura, M. Nozaki, S. Orito, J. F. Ormes, M. Sasaki, E. S. Seo, Y. Shikaze, R. E. Streitmatter, J. Suzuki, K. Tanaka, T. Yamagami, A. YamamotoT. Yoshida, K. Yoshimura

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Abstract

Historically, there are been many searches for fractionally charged particles in the cosmic radiation. However, few searches have been performed near the top of the atmosphere. We performed a search for relativistic frac(2, 3) e charged particles in cosmic rays using data collected during four BESS balloon flights from 1997 to 2000 carried out in northern Canada. The data were analyzed by examining energy deposition in the time-of-flight scintillator hodoscopes. No candidate was found. We derive an upper limit of 4.5 × 10^-7 (cm² s sr)^-1 for the flux of frac(2, 3) e charged particles, at the 90% confidence level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2050-2055
Number of pages	6
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	41
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.042
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

BESS
Cosmic ray
Fractional charge
Quark search
Superconducting spectrometer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Space and Planetary Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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Fuke, H., Tasaki, Y., Abe, K., Haino, S., Makida, Y., Matsuda, S., Mitchell, J. W., Moiseev, A. A., Nishimura, J., Nozaki, M., Orito, S., Ormes, J. F., Sasaki, M., Seo, E. S., Shikaze, Y., Streitmatter, R. E., Suzuki, J., Tanaka, K., Yamagami, T., ... Yoshimura, K. (2008). Search for fractionally charged particles in cosmic rays with the BESS spectrometer. Advances in Space Research, 41(12), 2050-2055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.042

Fuke, H, Tasaki, Y, Abe, K, Haino, S, Makida, Y, Matsuda, S, Mitchell, JW, Moiseev, AA, Nishimura, J, Nozaki, M, Orito, S, Ormes, JF, Sasaki, M, Seo, ES, Shikaze, Y, Streitmatter, RE, Suzuki, J, Tanaka, K, Yamagami, T, Yamamoto, A, Yoshida, T & Yoshimura, K 2008, 'Search for fractionally charged particles in cosmic rays with the BESS spectrometer', Advances in Space Research, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 2050-2055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.042

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