- Accepted Paper
Timing-based search for magnetic monopoles with the NOvA detector on the surface
Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 15 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/gc5v-8ws1
Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 15 September, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/gc5v-8ws1
We report a search for a magnetic monopole component of the cosmic-ray flux in a 2743-live-day exposure of the NOvA experiment’s Far Detector, a 14,kt segmented liquid scintillator detector designed primarily to observe GeV-scale electron neutrinos. No events consistent with monopoles were observed, setting an upper limit on the flux of at 90% C.L. for monopole speed and mass greater than ,GeV. Because of NOvA’s small overburden of 3~meters-water equivalent, this constraint covers a previously unexplored low-mass region.
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