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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Search for ultrarelativistic magnetic monopoles with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Johannes SchulzM. PimentaA. AabJ. BiteauE.m. HoltA. SalehL. CarameteMaria-teresa DovaM. R. HampelH. GemmekeFlorian Lukas BriechleM. I. MichelettiSarka WykesD. Torres MachadoOctavian FratuPaula Gina IsarF. Salesa GreusR.c. Dos AnjosJulian RautenbergJ. EspadanalM. PalatkaG. CataldiA. C. FauthLuis A. NunezCarla BonifaziJose A. BellidoJaime Alvarez-muñizG. Kukec MezekJohn N. MatthewsR. M. KieckhaferE. VarelaJ.d. Sanabria GomezD. YelosM. E. BertainaM. E. BertainaI. NaranjoA. MenshikovR. SarmentoS. SonntagMarcus NiechciolJesús Peña-rodríguezO. WainbergAlexandru Gherghel-lascuT. SuomijärviA. Van VlietAndreas HaungsB. GarcíaTobias WinchenAntonio BuenoM. JosebachuiliL. LopesAlberto Daniel SupanitskyG. De MauroC. A. SarmientoI.d. Vergara QuispeA. DorofeevGualberto AvilaR. LópezIngomar AllekotteJörg R. HörandelKaren S. Caballero-moraF. CanforaZ. ZongDiego HarariB. GookinS. QuerchfeldM. ZavrtanikPaul SommersA. BlancoA. BlancoL. OchiloAngela V. OlintoC. Di GiulioMarkus RothJ. F. Valdés GaliciaMiroslav HrabovskýI. De MitriDieter HeckP. GouffonIgor KatkovP. H. NguyenE. M. SantosL. NiemietzR.j. Barreira LuzR.j. Barreira LuzG. P. GuedesToshihiro FujiiG. A. AnastasiP. AbreuP. AbreuMartin UrbanA. Kuotb AwadJ. L. HartonS. G. BlaessB. Vargas CárdenasFausto GuarinoJ. PallottaE. J. QuelM. J. CooperF. SánchezQ. LuceCarlos MedinaMartin ErdmannD. RavignaniI. A. MinayaB. KeilhauerAndré SchulzL. VillaseñorLuis A. AnchordoquiJ. DebatinPeter HansenTim NiggemannPeter BuchholzD. NosekBruce R. DawsonA. FusterTim HuegeH. GlassI. ValiñoS. J. SciuttoKatrin LinkValerio PirronelloM. A. Leigui De OliveiraI.m. BrancusM. PlatinoDanielle LahurdOlivier DelignyJ. NeuserJohannes SchumacherC. AramoJuan Carlos D'olivoRoger W ClayB. RevenuJ. R. VázquezG. S. VarnerMarco AgliettaMarco AgliettaV. ScheriniEsteban RouletM. Suarez DuránAndreas WeindlB. MitricaHeino FalckeFrancesco StrafellaI. C. MarişHernan WahlbergC. J. Todero PeixotoStefano D'amicoP. Sanchez-lucasP. KasperM. Gómez BerissoM. AmbrosioR. C. ShellardF. SalamidaJ. StasielakS. CoutuJ. VichaNorberto FazziniD. Garcia-pintoMiroslav PechR. R. PradoPetr SchovanekAntonio InsoliaMaria Rita ColucciaBruno DanielA. ParraFoteini OikonomouJ. J. Masías MezaJeffrey A. JohnsenS. QuinnGünter SiglD. NitzAndrej DundovicLorenzo CaccianigaV. M. TheodoroDusan MandatP. RistoriM. TriniAlexandra SaftoiuAlina Mihaela BadescuI. Lhenry-yvonA. CancioPavel HorvathN. KrohmG. Rodriguez FernandezG. Torralba ElipeR. KrauseP. StassiC. PorowskiM. ProuzaV. VerziMariangela SettimoJ. Rodriguez RojoNicolás GonzálezRadomir SmidaS. MüllerJan PękalaA. E. HerveL. R. WienckeB. SarkarH. NožkaJose ChinellatoChristian GlaserA. YushkovB. AndradaMarco TorriJ. D. SwainDavid SchmidtM. L. Díaz CastroG. FarrarCarola DobrigkeitM. PlumA. G. ChavezA. GorgiDenis StancaSofia AndringaSofia AndringaR. CesterNicusor ArseneA. TapiaFlorian GatéM. KleifgesD. ZavrtanikB. TomePeter MazurG. MüllerV. De SouzaMax MalacariLili YangEnrique ZasAlan WatsonA. Di MatteoFrancesca ZuccarelloA. Letessier-selvonDenise BoncioliB. WundheilerH. WilczyńskiP. BilloirP. BilloirDariusz GlasFernando ContrerasO. KambeitzCorinne BeratE. MayotteK. H. BeckerM. UngerGregory R SnowA. SegretoPhilipp PapenbreerLorenzo CazonQ. HasankiadehMihai Niculescu-oglinzanuJ. Alvarez CastilloL. Molina-buenoD. MeloI. Al SamaraiI. Al SamaraiPiotr HomolaDavid WalzAna Martina BottiAna Martina BottiI. JandtF. DiogoR. M. De AlmeidaG. MarsellaMarco GiammarchiR. SquartiniT. PaulL. A. S. PereiraMaria GillerA. TaboadaD. Pakk Selmi-deiR. SatoL. NellenRalf UlrichC. MorelloP.f. Gómez VitaleG. C. HillR. A. VázquezGaia SilliRalph EngelA. FilipčičPaul M. MantschF. SarazinA. BridgemanG. Medina-tancoJ. RidkyG. Van AarD. ReinertMarc WeberM. MallamaciTanguy PierogS. J. SaffiF. G. SchröderBenedikt ZimmermannRúben ConceiçãoZbigniew SzadkowskiPeter L. BiermannRodrigo PelayoStijn BuitinkE. SantosR. PiegaiaMarkus LauscherF. PedreiraA. ŚMiałkowskiJ. PhuntsokM. M. FreireR. Ramos-pollanPaolo PriviteraJ. HulsmanW. Rodrigues De CarvalhoJ. W. CroninP. Van BodegomP. LebrunNataliia BorodaiLukas MiddendorfChristine PetersHernán AsoreyHernán AsoreyMartina BohacovaJ. SorokinS. J. De JongV. NovotnyL. ValoreRossella CarusoA. LuceroS. MathysM. ErfaniOctavian SimaUgo GiaccariF. MontanetPetr TravnicekM. SchauerAlan ColemanTrent D. GrubbJuan Manuel FigueiraRoberta ColalilloA. G. MariazziJ. R. T. De Mello NetoPeter GorhamP. L. GhiaCharles TimmermansL. CollicaMarcio Aparecido MullerL. PerroneJiri ChudobaThomas HarrisonP. PieroniF. ArquerosN. KunkaR. GaiorF. SuarezThomas HebbekerSergio DassoTristan SudholzHermann-josef MathesKai DaumillerJ. A.j. MatthewsXavier BertouJeffrey BrackOlaf ScholtenA. ZepedaHumberto Ibarguen SalazarPedro AssisPedro AssisHarald SchielerA. EtchegoyenP. HeimannE. KempSerguei VorobiovD. MocklerO. A. TabordaH. MartinezMiguel MostafaL. TomankovaA. López CasadoBrian FickSamo StaničJ. J. BeattySilvia MollerachG. MatthiaeJulien AublinJulien AublinA. ShadkamD. MartelloS. JansenDavid WittkowskiA. C. RoveroC. BleveC. BleveAlexandru BalaceanuVincenzo RiziM. ZiolkowskiO. Martínez BravoThomas BretzCorbin E. CovaultGeraldina GolupAlexander GrilloLino MiramontiM. RisseJonathan BlazekG. ParenteCarlos HojvatR. LeguminaM. BuscemiJan EbrSergio PetreraD. RogozinJ. De OliveiraH.o. KlagesAlejandro AlmelaS. MessinaJulian KempGaetano SalinaMichael SchimpA.m. Van Den BergDarko VeberičAlex KääpäColin BausJ. KleinfellerDaniel KuempelCarlos EscobarIvone F. M. AlbuquerqueKe FangKarl-heinz KampertAntonella Castellina

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FLUORESCENCE YIELDAstronomymagnetic monopolemagnetic fieldAstrophysics7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesObservatoryUHE Cosmic Raysair-showerMonte Carlo010303 astronomy & astrophysicsMagnetic Monopolesmedia_commonPhysicsHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Settore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysicscritical phenomenaFLUORESCENCE YIELD; ENERGY LOSS; DETECTORAugerMagnetic fieldobservatoryLorentz factorComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSINGsymbolsFísica nuclearfluorescenceAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomenaspatial distribution [showers]LorentzENERGY LOSSatmosphere [showers]energyFLUXNuclear and High Energy Physics[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]airmedia_common.quotation_subjectAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaUHE [cosmic radiation]Magnetic monopoleFOS: Physical sciencesCosmic rayNuclear physicssymbols.namesakecosmic rays0103 physical sciencesddc:530High Energy PhysicsDETECTORCiencias Exactasfluorescence [detector]Pierre Auger Observatorybackground010308 nuclear & particles physicsFísicaASTROFÍSICAUniversefluxultrarelativistic magnetic monopolesAir shower13. Climate actionExperimental High Energy PhysicsrelativisticgalaxyENERGY-LOSS

description

We present a search for ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles with the Pierre Auger Observatory. Such particles, possibly a relic of phase transitions in the early universe, would deposit a large amount of energy along their path through the atmosphere, comparable to that of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). The air shower profile of a magnetic monopole can be effectively distinguished by the fluorescence detector from that of standard UHECRs. No candidate was found in the data collected between 2004 and 2012, with an expected background of less than 0.1 event from UHECRs. The corresponding 90% confidence level (C.L.) upper limits on the flux of ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles range from 10⁻¹⁹ (cm² sr s)⁻¹ for a Lorentz factor γ = 10⁹ to 2.5 × 10⁻²¹ (cm² sr s)⁻¹ for γ = 10¹². These results -the first obtained with a UHECR detector- improve previously published limits by up to an order of magnitude.

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2016-10-03
https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1609.04451