In this paper we report a search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles and nuclearites using CR39 and Makrofol Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) of the SLIM large area experiment, 440 m^2 exposed at the high altitude laboratory of Chacaltaya (Bolivia) and about 100 m^2 at Koksil, Himalaya (Pakistan). We discuss the new chemical etching and improved analysis of the SLIM CR39 sheets. Preliminary limits are based on 316 m2 of CR39 NTDs exposed for 3.9 y.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0611084,
title = {Nuclear Track Detectors for Particle Searches},
author = {S. Manzoor and S. Balestra and M. Cozzi and M. Errico and G. Giacomelli and M. Giorgini and A. Kumar and A. Margiotta and E. Medinaceli and L. Patrizii and V. Popa and I. E. Qureshi and V. Togo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0611084},
year = {2008}
}
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4 pages, 4 EPS figures. Presented at the 10th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, 1-5 October 2006, Siena, Italy