Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the Full ANTARES Neutrino Telescope Dataset

Scarnera M, de Wasseige G, Albert A, Alves S, André M, Ardid M, Ardid S, Aubert JJ, Aublin J, Baret B, Basa S, Becherini Y, Belhorma B, Benfenati F, Bertin V, Biagi S, Boumaaza J, Bouta M, Bouwhuis MC, Brânzaş H, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Caiffi B, Calvo D, Campion S, Capone A, Carenini F, Carr J, Carretero V, Cartraud T, Celli S, Cerisy L, Chabab M, Cherkaoui El Moursli R, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coelho JA, Coleiro A, Coniglione R, Coyle P, Creusot A, Díaz AF, De Martino B, Distefano C, Di Palma I, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Drouhin D, Eberl T, Eddymaoui A, van Eeden T, van Eijk D, El Hedri S, El Khayati N, Enzenhöfer A, Fermani P, Ferrara G, Filippini F, Fusco L, Gagliardini S, García-Méndez J, Gatius Oliver C, Gay P, Geißelbrecht N, Glotin H, Gozzini R, Gracia Ruiz R, Graf K, Guidi C, Haegel L, van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hennig L, Hernández-Rey JJ, Hößl J, Huang F, Illuminati G, Jisse-Jung B, de Jong M, de Jong P, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Katz U, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lamoureux M, Lazo A, Lefèvre D, Leonora E, Levi G, Le Stum S, Loucatos S, Manczak J, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Martínez-Mora JA, Migliozzi P, Moussa A, Muller R, Navas S, Nezri E, Ó Fearraigh B, Oukacha E, Păun AM, Păvălaş GE, Peña-Martínez S, Perrin-Terrin M, Piattelli P, Poirè C, Popa V, Pradier T, Randazzo N, Real D, Riccobene G, Romanov A, Sánchez Losa A, Saina A, Salesa Greus F, Samtleben DF, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schüssler F, Seneca J, Spurio M, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tayalati Y, Vallage B, Vannoye G, Van Elewyck V, Viola S, Vivolo D, Wilms J, Zavatarelli S, Zegarelli A, Zornoza JD, Zúñiga J (2025)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 501

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Geneva, CHE

DOI: 10.22323/1.501.1033

Abstract

This study presents a novel search for magnetic monopoles using data collected over a 14-year period (2008–2022) by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The interaction of magnetic monopoles with matter was modeled using the Kasama, Yang, and Goldhaber cross-section. Upper limits on the flux of magnetic monopoles were derived for velocities both above and below the Cherenkov threshold. No events consistent with the passage of magnetic monopoles were detected, allowing to set an upper flux limit of 5.6 × 10⁻¹⁹ cm⁻² s⁻¹ sr⁻¹ for ultra-relativistic monopoles and 3.4 × 10⁻¹⁸ cm⁻² s⁻¹ sr⁻¹ for slow monopoles.

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Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Belgium (BE) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) / Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña Spain (ES) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Université Paris Cité France (FR) The National Center for Nuclear Energy, Sciences and Techniques (CNESTEN) Morocco (MA) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Mohammed V University (UMVA) / جامعة محمد الخامس‎ Morocco (MA) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) FOM Foundation Netherlands (NL) National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR) Romania (RO) Cadi Ayyad University / جامعة القاضي عياض‎ Morocco (MA) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES) Università degli Studi di Salerno Italy (IT) University of Toulon / Université de Toulon (UTLN) France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) / Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie France (FR) Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'univers (IRFU) France (FR) UMR Géoazur - Campus Azur du CNRS France (FR)

How to cite

APA:

Scarnera, M., de Wasseige, G., Albert, A., Alves, S., André, M., Ardid, M.,... Zúñiga, J. (2025). Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the Full ANTARES Neutrino Telescope Dataset. In Proceedings of Science. Geneva, CHE: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Scarnera, Marco, et al. "Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the Full ANTARES Neutrino Telescope Dataset." Proceedings of the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2025, Geneva, CHE Sissa Medialab Srl, 2025.

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