Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

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 magneti...

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Autores: Palioselitis, D., Pavalas, G.E., Payet, K., Gómez González, J.P., Payre, P., Moscoso, L., Guillard, G., Motz, H., Graf, K., Neff, M., Hallewell, G., Nezri, E., Halladjian, G., Petrovic, J., Piattelli, P., Ardid, M., Adrián-Martínez, S., Fritsch, U., Aguilar, J.A., Fuda, J.-L., Al Samarai, Imen, Galata, S., Albert, A., Gay, P., André, Michel|||0000-0002-0091-7279, Giacomelli, G., Anghinolfi, M., Giordano, V., Anton, G., Anvar, S., Richardt, C., Richter, R., Reed, C., Riccobene, Giorgio, Folger, F., Presani, E., Flaminio, V., Racca, C., Ferri, M., Popa, V., Fermani, P., Pradier, T., Rivière, C., Eberl, T., Picot Clemente, N., Emanuele, U., Dorosti, Q., Drouhin, D., Escoffier, S., Enzenhöfer, A., Ernenwein, J.-P., Distefano, C., Dornic, D., Donzaud, C., Curtil, C., Decowski, M.P., Dekeyser, I., Deschamps, A., Chiarusi, T., Circella, M., Costantini, H., Coyle, Pascal, Charvis, Ph., Charif, Z., Cecchini, S., Carminati, G., Carr, J., Capone, A., Cârloganu, C., Busto, J., Camarena, F., Bouwhuis, M.C., Brunner, J., Wilms, J., Wijnker, G., Vecchi, M., Vannoni, G., Wagner, S., Vernin, P., Morganti, M., Tamburini, C., Montaruli, T., Toscano, S., Vallage, B., Van Elewyck, V., Loucatos, S., Mangano, S., Lo Presti, D., Loehner, H., Martinez Mora, J.A., Meli, A., Marcelin, M., Margiotta, A., Zornoza, J.D., Lim, G., Zúñiga, J., Lefèvre, D., Yepes, H., Zaborov, D., Lattuada, D., de Wolf, E., Kulikovskiy, V., Ruiz Rivas, J., Lahmann, R., Rostovtsev, A., Lamare, P., Russo, G.V., Larosa, G., Rujoiu, M., Sapienza, P., Kopper, C., Salesa, F., Kouchner, A., Schuller, J.-P., Kreykenbohm, I., Schöck, F., Katz, U., Kappes, A., Kooijman, P., Robert, A., Kavatsyuk, O., Roensch, K., Bou-Cabo, M., Bogazzi, C., Bigongiari, C., Steijger, J.J.M., Kadler, M., Biagi, S., Spurio, M., Kalekin, O., Bertin, V., Spies, A., Hsu, C.C., Basa, S., Simeone, F., de Jong, M., Baret, B., Herold, B., Aubert, J.-J., Taiuti, M., Höbl, J., Astraatmadja, T., Sánchez Losa, A., Assis Jesus, A.C., Stolarczyk, Th., Bouhou, B., Hernández Rey, J.J., Hello, Y., Seitz, T., Heijboer, A.J., Shanidze, R., Hartman, J., van Haren, H., Schüssler, F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
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:2117/16566
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/16566
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.02.007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Magnetic monopoles
Monopols magnètics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Acústica
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Sumario: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 bP0.625.

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