Search for magnetic monopoles with ten years of the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Albert A, Alves S, André M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Ardid M, Ardid S, Aubert JJ, Aublin J, Baret B, Basa S, Belhorma B, Bendahman M, Benfenati F, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bissinger M, Boumaaza J, Bouta M, Bouwhuis MC, Brânzaş H, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Caiffi B, Calvo D, Capone A, Caramete L, Carr J, Carretero V, Celli S, Chabab M, Chau TN, Cherkaoui El Moursli R, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coleiro A, Coniglione R, Coyle P, Creusot A, Díaz AF, de Wasseige G, Distefano C, Di Palma I, Domi A, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Drouhin D, Eberl T, van Eeden T, van Eijk D, El Khayati N, Enzenhöfer A, Fermani P, Ferrara G, Filippini F, Fusco L, García J, Gatelet Y, Gay P, Glotin H, Gozzini R, Gracia Ruiz R, Graf K, Guidi C, Hallmann S, van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernández-Rey JJ, Hößl J, Hofestädt J, Huang F, Illuminati G, James CW, Jisse-Jung B, de Jong M, de Jong P, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Katz U, Khan-Chowdhury NR, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Le Breton R, LeStum S, Lefèvre D, Leonora E, Levi G, Lincetto M, Lopez-Coto D, Loucatos S, Maderer L, Manczak J, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Martínez-Mora JA, Martino B, Melis K, Migliozzi P, Moussa A, Muller R, Nauta L, Navas S, Nezri E, Ó Fearraigh B, Păun A, Păvălaş GE, Pellegrino C, Perrin-Terrin M, Pestel V, Piattelli P, Pieterse C, Poirè C, Popa V, Pradier T, Randazzo N, Real D, Reck S, Riccobene G, Romanov A, Sánchez-Losa A, Salesa Greus F, Samtleben DF, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schnabel J, Schumann J, Schüssler F, Seneca J, Spurio M, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tayalati Y, Tingay SJ, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Versari F, Viola S, Vivolo D, Wilms J, Zavatarelli S, Zegarelli A, Zornoza JD, Zúñiga J (2022)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Book Volume: 34

Pages Range: 1-8

DOI: 10.1016/j.jheap.2022.03.001

Abstract

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 β=v/c≥0.55, are presented. For ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles the flux limit is ∼7×10⁻¹⁸ cm⁻²s⁻¹sr⁻¹.

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Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Mohammed V University (UMVA) / جامعة محمد الخامس‎ Morocco (MA) FOM Foundation Netherlands (NL) National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR) Romania (RO) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES) Institute for Corpuscular Physics / Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC) Spain (ES) Université de Paris France (FR) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) National Center for Energy Science & Nuclear Technology Morocco (MA) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES) Côte d'Azur Observatory / Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) Curtin University Australia (AU) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Cadi Ayyad University / جامعة القاضي عياض‎ Morocco (MA)

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APA:

Albert, A., Alves, S., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Ardid, M.,... Zúñiga, J. (2022). Search for magnetic monopoles with ten years of the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, 34, 1-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2022.03.001

MLA:

Albert, A., et al. "Search for magnetic monopoles with ten years of the ANTARES neutrino telescope." Journal of High Energy Astrophysics 34 (2022): 1-8.

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