Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope
We present the search for Cherenkov signatures from relativistic magnetic monopoles in data taken with the AMANDA-II detector, a neutrino telescope deployed in the Antarctic ice cap at the Geographic South Pole. The non-observation of a monopole signal in data collected during the year 2000 improves...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt1p46b64g 2024-06-23T07:45:49+00:00 Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope The IceCube Collaboration Abbasi, R Abdou, Y Abu-Zayyad, T Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Andeen, K Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baker, M Barwick, SW Bay, R Bazo Alba, JL Beattie, K Beatty, JJ Bechet, S Becker, JK Becker, K-H Benabderrahmane, ML BenZvi, S Berdermann, J Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, DZ Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Böser, S Botner, O Bradley, L Braun, J Buitink, S Carson, M Chirkin, D Christy, B Clem, J Clevermann, F Cohen, S Colnard, C Cowen, DF D’Agostino, MV Danninger, M Davis, JC De Clercq, C Demirörs, L Depaepe, O Descamps, F Desiati, P de Vries-Uiterweerd, G DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC Dierckxsens, M Dreyer, J Dumm, JP Duvoort, MR Ehrlich, R Eisch, J Ellsworth, RW Engdegård, O Euler, S Evenson, PA Fadiran, O Fazely, AR Feusels, T Filimonov, K Finley, C Foerster, MM Fox, BD Franckowiak, A Franke, R Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Geisler, M Gerhardt, L Gladstone, L Glüsenkamp, T Goldschmidt, A Goodman, JA Grant, D Griesel, T Groß, A Grullon, S Gurtner, M Ha, C Hallgren, A Halzen, F Han, K Hanson, K Helbing, K Herquet, P Hickford, S Hill, GC Hoffman, KD Homeier, A Hoshina, K Hubert, D 361 - 378 2010-10-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1p46b64g unknown eScholarship, University of California qt1p46b64g https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1p46b64g public European Physical Journal C, vol 69, iss 3-4 Nuclear and Plasma Physics Particle and High Energy Physics Astronomical Sciences Physical Sciences Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle and Plasma Physics Quantum Physics Nuclear & Particles Physics molecular and optical physics article 2010 ftcdlib 2024-06-12T00:29:45Z We present the search for Cherenkov signatures from relativistic magnetic monopoles in data taken with the AMANDA-II detector, a neutrino telescope deployed in the Antarctic ice cap at the Geographic South Pole. The non-observation of a monopole signal in data collected during the year 2000 improves present experimental limits on the flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles: Our flux limit varies between 3.8 × 10-17 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 (for monopoles moving at the vacuum speed of light) and 8.8 × 10-16 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 (for monopoles moving at a speed β=v/c=0.76, just above the Cherenkov threshold in ice). These limits apply to monopoles that are energetic enough to penetrate the Earth and enter the detector from below the horizon. The limit obtained for monopoles reaching the detector from above the horizon is less stringent by roughly an order of magnitude, due to the much larger background from down-going atmospheric muons. This looser limit is however valid for a larger class of magnetic monopoles, since the monopoles are not required to pass through the Earth. © 2010 The Author(s). Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ice cap South pole South pole University of California: eScholarship Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic |
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Nuclear and Plasma Physics Particle and High Energy Physics Astronomical Sciences Physical Sciences Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle and Plasma Physics Quantum Physics Nuclear & Particles Physics molecular and optical physics The IceCube Collaboration Abbasi, R Abdou, Y Abu-Zayyad, T Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Andeen, K Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baker, M Barwick, SW Bay, R Bazo Alba, JL Beattie, K Beatty, JJ Bechet, S Becker, JK Becker, K-H Benabderrahmane, ML BenZvi, S Berdermann, J Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, DZ Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Böser, S Botner, O Bradley, L Braun, J Buitink, S Carson, M Chirkin, D Christy, B Clem, J Clevermann, F Cohen, S Colnard, C Cowen, DF D’Agostino, MV Danninger, M Davis, JC De Clercq, C Demirörs, L Depaepe, O Descamps, F Desiati, P de Vries-Uiterweerd, G DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC Dierckxsens, M Dreyer, J Dumm, JP Duvoort, MR Ehrlich, R Eisch, J Ellsworth, RW Engdegård, O Euler, S Evenson, PA Fadiran, O Fazely, AR Feusels, T Filimonov, K Finley, C Foerster, MM Fox, BD Franckowiak, A Franke, R Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Geisler, M Gerhardt, L Gladstone, L Glüsenkamp, T Goldschmidt, A Goodman, JA Grant, D Griesel, T Groß, A Grullon, S Gurtner, M Ha, C Hallgren, A Halzen, F Han, K Hanson, K Helbing, K Herquet, P Hickford, S Hill, GC Hoffman, KD Homeier, A Hoshina, K Hubert, D Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope |
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We present the search for Cherenkov signatures from relativistic magnetic monopoles in data taken with the AMANDA-II detector, a neutrino telescope deployed in the Antarctic ice cap at the Geographic South Pole. The non-observation of a monopole signal in data collected during the year 2000 improves present experimental limits on the flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles: Our flux limit varies between 3.8 × 10-17 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 (for monopoles moving at the vacuum speed of light) and 8.8 × 10-16 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 (for monopoles moving at a speed β=v/c=0.76, just above the Cherenkov threshold in ice). These limits apply to monopoles that are energetic enough to penetrate the Earth and enter the detector from below the horizon. The limit obtained for monopoles reaching the detector from above the horizon is less stringent by roughly an order of magnitude, due to the much larger background from down-going atmospheric muons. This looser limit is however valid for a larger class of magnetic monopoles, since the monopoles are not required to pass through the Earth. © 2010 The Author(s). |
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The IceCube Collaboration Abbasi, R Abdou, Y Abu-Zayyad, T Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Andeen, K Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baker, M Barwick, SW Bay, R Bazo Alba, JL Beattie, K Beatty, JJ Bechet, S Becker, JK Becker, K-H Benabderrahmane, ML BenZvi, S Berdermann, J Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, DZ Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Böser, S Botner, O Bradley, L Braun, J Buitink, S Carson, M Chirkin, D Christy, B Clem, J Clevermann, F Cohen, S Colnard, C Cowen, DF D’Agostino, MV Danninger, M Davis, JC De Clercq, C Demirörs, L Depaepe, O Descamps, F Desiati, P de Vries-Uiterweerd, G DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC Dierckxsens, M Dreyer, J Dumm, JP Duvoort, MR Ehrlich, R Eisch, J Ellsworth, RW Engdegård, O Euler, S Evenson, PA Fadiran, O Fazely, AR Feusels, T Filimonov, K Finley, C Foerster, MM Fox, BD Franckowiak, A Franke, R Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Geisler, M Gerhardt, L Gladstone, L Glüsenkamp, T Goldschmidt, A Goodman, JA Grant, D Griesel, T Groß, A Grullon, S Gurtner, M Ha, C Hallgren, A Halzen, F Han, K Hanson, K Helbing, K Herquet, P Hickford, S Hill, GC Hoffman, KD Homeier, A Hoshina, K Hubert, D |
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The IceCube Collaboration Abbasi, R Abdou, Y Abu-Zayyad, T Adams, J Aguilar, JA Ahlers, M Andeen, K Auffenberg, J Bai, X Baker, M Barwick, SW Bay, R Bazo Alba, JL Beattie, K Beatty, JJ Bechet, S Becker, JK Becker, K-H Benabderrahmane, ML BenZvi, S Berdermann, J Berghaus, P Berley, D Bernardini, E Bertrand, D Besson, DZ Bissok, M Blaufuss, E Boersma, DJ Bohm, C Böser, S Botner, O Bradley, L Braun, J Buitink, S Carson, M Chirkin, D Christy, B Clem, J Clevermann, F Cohen, S Colnard, C Cowen, DF D’Agostino, MV Danninger, M Davis, JC De Clercq, C Demirörs, L Depaepe, O Descamps, F Desiati, P de Vries-Uiterweerd, G DeYoung, T Díaz-Vélez, JC Dierckxsens, M Dreyer, J Dumm, JP Duvoort, MR Ehrlich, R Eisch, J Ellsworth, RW Engdegård, O Euler, S Evenson, PA Fadiran, O Fazely, AR Feusels, T Filimonov, K Finley, C Foerster, MM Fox, BD Franckowiak, A Franke, R Gaisser, TK Gallagher, J Geisler, M Gerhardt, L Gladstone, L Glüsenkamp, T Goldschmidt, A Goodman, JA Grant, D Griesel, T Groß, A Grullon, S Gurtner, M Ha, C Hallgren, A Halzen, F Han, K Hanson, K Helbing, K Herquet, P Hickford, S Hill, GC Hoffman, KD Homeier, A Hoshina, K Hubert, D |
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Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope |
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Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope |
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Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope |
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Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope |
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Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope |
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search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the amanda-ii neutrino telescope |
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