Search for magnetic monopoles with ten years of the ANTARES neutrino telescope
This work presents a new search for magnetic monopoles using data taken with the ANTARES neutrino telescope over a period of 10 years (January 2008 to December 2017). Compared to previous ANTARES searches, this analysis uses a run-by-run simulation strategy, with a larger exposure as well as a new s...
| Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repository: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/365024 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/365024 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2022.03.001 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Magnetic monopoles Neutrino astrophysics Telescopes ANTARES telescope Neutrino Telescopis Neutrins Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica |
| Summary: | This work presents a new search for magnetic monopoles using data taken with the ANTARES neutrino telescope over a period of 10 years (January 2008 to December 2017). Compared to previous ANTARES searches, this analysis uses a run-by-run simulation strategy, with a larger exposure as well as a new simulation of magnetic monopoles taking into account the Kasama, Yang and Goldhaber model for their interaction cross-section with matter. No signal compatible with the passage of relativistic magnetic monopoles is observed, and upper limits on the flux of magnetic monopoles with ß = v/c = 0.55, are presented. For ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles the flux limit is ~ 7×10-18 cm-2 s -1 sr-1 . |
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