Abstract: | Summary MACRO is a large-area detector to be installed in hall B of the Gran Sasso Laboratory. Making use of scintillation counters,
plastic streamer tubes, and track-etch detectors, it is designed to search for superheavy magnetic monopoles beyond the Parker
bound, high-energy gamma and neutrino cosmic sourcs, and, more in general, exotic phenomena in the cosmic radiation.
MACTO is an acronym for Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory. The present collaboration: Bari(**)C. De Marzo, O. Erriquez, N. Giglietto andF. Posa. Bologna(**):M. Attolini, F. Baldetti, G. Giacomelli, F. Grianti, A. Margiotta andP. Serra. Caltech:B. Barish, C. Lane andG. Liu. CERN:P. Musset, G. Poulard andH. Sletten. Drexel:R. Steinberg. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN:G. Battistoni, H. Bilokon, C. Bloise, P. Campana, V. Chiarella, A. Ciocio, A. Grillo, E. Iarocci, A. Marini, A. Rindi, F.
Ronga, L. Satta, M. Spinetti, L. Trasatti andV. Valente. Indiana:S. Ahlen, B. Brabson, R. Heinz, S. Mufson, H. Ogren andP. Smith. Michigan:J. Musser, J. Stone, L. Sulak andG. Tarlé. Pisa(**):C. Angelini, A. Baldini, C. Bemporad, A. Cnops, V. Flaminio, G. Giannini, R. Pazzi andB. Saitta. Roma(**):G. Auriemma, M. De Vincenzi, E. Lamanna, G. Martellotti, S. Petrera, L. Petrillo, P. Pistilli, G. Rosa, A. Sciubba andM. Severi. Texas A&M:R. Webb. Torino:M. Arneodo, G. Borreani, P. Giubellino, F. Marchetto, A. Marzari, S. Palestini andL. Ramello.Virginia Tech:S. Torres andP. Trower. (**) Sezione INFN e Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università. |