Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with five years of the ANTARES detector data

A search for magnetic monopoles using five years of data recorded with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from January 2008 to December 2012 with a total live time of 1121 days is presented. The analysis is carried out in the range ß > 0.6 of magnetic monopole velocities using a strategy based on run...

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Autores: Albert, A., André, Michel|||0000-0002-0091-7279, Anghinolfi, Marco, Anton, G., Ardid, M., Aubert, J.-J., Avgitas, T., Baret, B., Barrios Martí, J., Basa, S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/108192
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/108192
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)054
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Magnetic monopoles
Neutrino astrophysics
Telescopes
Exotics
Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments)
Telescopis
Neutrins
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica
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Sumario:A search for magnetic monopoles using five years of data recorded with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from January 2008 to December 2012 with a total live time of 1121 days is presented. The analysis is carried out in the range ß > 0.6 of magnetic monopole velocities using a strategy based on run-by-run Monte Carlo simulations. No signal above the background expectation from atmospheric muons and atmospheric neutrinos is observed, and upper limits are set on the magnetic monopole flux ranging from 5.7 × 10-16 to 1.5 × 10-18 cm-2·s-1·sr-1.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].