Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

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Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Antares Collaboration S. Adrián-martínez J. A. Aguilar I. Al Samarai A. Albert M. André M. Anghinolfi G. Anton S. Anvar M. Ardid A. C. Assis Jesus T. Astraatmadja J-j. Aubert B. Baret S. Basa V. Bertin S. Biagi C. Bigongiari C. Bogazzi M. Bou-cabo B. Bouhou M. C. Bouwhuis J. Brunner J. Busto F. Camarena A. Capone C. Cârloganu G. Carminati J. Carr S. Cecchini Z. Charif Ph. Charvis T. Chiarusi M. Circella H. Costantini P. Coyle C. Curtil M. P. Decowski I. Dekeyser A. Deschamps C. Distefano C. Donzaud D. Dornic Q. Dorosti D. Drouhin T. Eberl U. Emanuele A. Enzenhöfer J-p. Ernenwein S. Escoffier P. Fermani M. Ferri V. Flaminio F. Folger U. Fritsch J-l. Fuda S. Galatà P. Gay G. Giacomelli V. Giordano J. P. Gómez-gonzález K. Graf G. Guillard G. Halladjian G. Hallewell H. Van Haren J. Hartman A. J. Heijboer Y. Hello J. J. Hernández-rey B. Herold J. Hößl C. C. Hsu M. De Jong M. Kadler O. Kalekin A. Kappes U. Katz O. Kavatsyuk P. Kooijman C. Kopper A. Kouchner I. Kreykenbohm V. Kulikovskiy R. Lahmann P. Lamare G. Larosa D. Lattuada D. Lefèvre G. Lim D. Lo Presti H. Loehner S. Loucatos S. Mangano M. Marcelin A. Margiotta J. A. Martínez-mora A. Meli T. Montaruli M. Morganti L. Moscoso H. Motz M. Neff E. Nezri D. Palioselitis G. E. Păvălaş K. Payet P. Payre J. Petrovic P. Piattelli N. Picot-clemente V. Popa T. Pradier E. Presani C. Racca C. Reed G. Riccobene C. Richardt R. Richter C. Rivière A. Robert K. Roensch A. Rostovtsev J. Ruiz-rivas M. Rujoiu G. V. Russo F. Salesa P. Sapienza F. Schöck J-p. Schuller F. Schüssler T. Seitz R. Shanidze F. Simeone A. Spies M. Spurio J. J. M. Steijger Th. Stolarczyk A. Sánchez-losa M. Taiuti C. Tamburini S. Toscano B. Vallage V. Van Elewyck G. Vannoni M. Vecchi P. Vernin S. Wagner G. Wijnker J. Wilms E. De Wolf H. Yepes D. Zaborov J. D. Zornoza J. Zúñiga

subject

FLUX Muon background Particle physics Gauge model Magnetic monopoles Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Magnetic monopole neutrino telescopes; antares; magnetic monopole FOS: Physical sciences Cosmic ray 01 natural sciences Nuclear physics 0103 physical sciences Neutron FIELD 010306 general physics DETECTOR Cherenkov radiation Zenith High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Neutrons Physics SPECTRUM Atmospheric neutrinos Magnetic monopole ANTARES :Física::Acústica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]Muon Charged particles 010308 nuclear & particles physics Astronomy and Astrophysics Monopols magnètics Upper limits Neutrino detector Mass scale FISICA APLICADA [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]Física nuclear Data sets Neutrino telescopes [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Event (particle physics)Telescopes

description

Magnetic monopoles are predicted in various unified gauge models and could be produced at intermediate mass scales. Their detection in a neutrino telescope is facilitated by the large amount of light emitted compared to that from muons. This paper reports on a search for upgoing relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope using a data set of 116 days of live time taken from December 2007 to December 2008. The one observed event is consistent with the expected atmospheric neutrino and muon background, leading to a 90% C.L. upper limit on the monopole flux between 1.3 ¿ 10¿17 and 8.9 ¿ 10¿17 cm¿2 s¿1 sr¿1 for monopoles with velocity ß ¿ 0.625.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2012-05-01	Astroparticle Physics

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.02.007