Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

Adrian-Martinez S, Aguilar JA, Al Samarai I, Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Anvar S, Ardid M, Jesus ACA, Astraatmadja T, Aubert JJ, Baret B, Basa S, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bigongiari C, Bogazzi C, Bou-Cabo M, Bouhou B, Bouwhuis MC, Brunner J, Busto J, Camarena F, Capone A, Carloganu C, Carminati G, Carr J, Cecchini S, Charif Z, Charvis P, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Costantini H, Coyle P, Curtil C, Decowski MP, Dekeyser I, Deschamps A, Distefano C, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Dorosti Q, Drouhin D, Eberl T, Emanuele U, Enzenhöfer A, Ernenwein JP, Escoffier S, Fermani P, Ferri M, Flaminio V, Folger F, Fritsch U, Fuda JL, Galata S, Gay P, Giacomelli G, Giordano V, Gomez-Gonzalez JP, Graf K, Guillard G, Halladjian G, Hallewell G, Van Haren H, Hartman J, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Herold B, Hößl J, Hsu CC, De Jong M, Kalekin O, Kappes A, Katz U, Kavatsyuk O, Kooijman P, Kopper C, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lamare P, Larosa G, Lattuada D, Lefevre D, Lim G, Lo Presti D, Loehner H, Loucatos S, Mangano S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Martinez-Mora JA, Meli A, Montaruli T, Morganti M, Moscoso L, Motz H, Neff M, Nezri E, Palioselitis D, Pavalas GE, Payet K, Payre P, Petrovic J, Piattelli P, Picot-Clemente N, Popa V, Pradier T, Presani E, Racca C, Reed C, Riccobene GM, Richardt C, Richter R, Riviere C, Robert A, Roensch K, Rostovtsev A, Ruiz-Rivas J, Rujoiu M, Russo GV, Salesa F, Sapienza P, Schoeck F, Schuller JP, Schuessler F, Seitz T, Shanidze R, Simeone F, Spies A, Spurio M, Steijger JJM, Stolarczyk T, Sanchez-Losa A, Taiuti M, Tamburini C, Toscano S, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Vannoni G, Vecchi M, Vernin P, Wagner S, Wijnker G, Wilms J, De Wolf E, Yepes H, Zaborov D, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2012)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Book Volume: 35

Pages Range: 634-640

Journal Issue: 10

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.02.007

Abstract

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 x 10-(17) and 8.9 x 10(-17) CM-2 s(-1) sr(-1) for monopoles with velocity beta >= 0.625. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) /Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики Russian Federation (RU) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) University of Paris 6 - Pierre et Marie Curie / Université Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) France (FR) L’université Blaise Pascal (L'UBP) / Blaise Pascal University France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) University of Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands (NL) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES)

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APA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., Aguilar, J.A., Al Samarai, I., Albert, A., Andre, M., Anghinolfi, M.,... Zuniga, J. (2012). Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Astroparticle Physics, 35(10), 634-640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.02.007

MLA:

Adrian-Martinez, S., et al. "Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope." Astroparticle Physics 35.10 (2012): 634-640.

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