Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with IceCube

We present the first results in the search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the IceCube detector, a subsurface neutrino telescope located in the South Polar ice cap containing a volume of 1 km$^{3}$. This analysis searches data taken on the partially completed detector during 2007 when rough...

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Main Authors: IceCube Collaboration, Abbasi, R., Abdou, Y., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Baker, M., Barwick, S. W., Baum, V., Bay, R., Beattie, K., Beatty, J. J., Bechet, S., Tjus, J. Becker, Becker, K. -H., Bell, M., Benabderrahmane, M. L., BenZvi, S., Berdermann, J., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bertrand, D., Besson, D. Z., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, D. J., Bohm, C., Bose, D., Böser, S., Botner, O., Brayeur, L., Brown, A. M., Bruijn, R., Brunner, J., Buitink, S., Carson, M., Casey, J., Casier, M., Chirkin, D., Christy, B., Clevermann, F., Cohen, S., Cowen, D. F., Silva, A. H. Cruz, Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., De Clercq, C., Descamps, F., Desiati, P., de Vries-Uiterweerd, G., DeYoung, T., Díaz-Vélez, J. C., Dreyer, J., Dumm, J. P., Dunkman, M., Eagan, R., Eisch, J., Ellsworth, R. W., Engdegård, O., Euler, S., Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Flis, S., Franckowiak, A., Franke, R., Frantzen, K., Fuchs, T., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gladstone, L., Glüsenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Goodman, J. A., Góra, D., Grant, D., Groß, A., Grullon, S., Gurtner, M., Ha, C., Ismail, A. Haj, Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Hanson, K., Heereman, D., Heimann, P., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Hellauer, R., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Hoffmann, R., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Huelsnitz, W., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobi, E., Jacobsen, J., Japaridze, G. S., Jlelati, O., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kiryluk, J., Kislat, F., Kläs, J., Klein, S. R., Köhne, J. -H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Köpke, L., Kopper, C., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Krasberg, M., Kroll, G., Kunnen, J., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Laihem, K., Landsman, H., Larson, M. J., Lauer, R., Lesiak-Bzdak, M., Lünemann, J., Madsen, J., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., McNally, F., Meagher, K., Merck, M., Mészáros, P., Meures, T., Miarecki, S., Middell, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Mohrmann, L., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Movit, S. M., Nahnhauer, R., Naumann, U., Nowicki, S. C., Nygren, D. R., Obertacke, A., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Olivo, M., O'Murchadha, A., Panknin, S., Paul, L., Pepper, J. A., Heros, C. Pérez de los, Pieloth, D., Pirk, N., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Rädel, L., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Ribordy, M., Richman, M., Riedel, B., Rodrigues, J. P., Rothmaier, F., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Saba, S. M., Salameh, T., Sander, H. -G., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Scheel, M., Scheriau, F., Schmidt, T., Schmitz, M., Schoenen, S., Schöneberg, S., Schönherr, L., Schönwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schulte, L., Schulz, O., Seckel, D., Seo, S. H., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Smith, M. W. E., Soiron, M., Soldin, D., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stasik, A., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stößl, A., Strahler, E. A., Ström, R., Sullivan, G. W., Taavola, H., Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Toscano, S., Usner, M., van der Drift, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Van Overloop, A., van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Walck, C., Waldenmaier, T., Wallraff, M., Walter, M., Wasserman, R., Weaver, Ch., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, C., Xu, D. L., Xu, X. W., Yanez, J. P., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Ziemann, J., Zilles, A., Zoll, M.
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Published: arXiv 2012
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1208.4861
https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4861
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Summary:We present the first results in the search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the IceCube detector, a subsurface neutrino telescope located in the South Polar ice cap containing a volume of 1 km$^{3}$. This analysis searches data taken on the partially completed detector during 2007 when roughly 0.2 km$^{3}$ of ice was instrumented. The lack of candidate events leads to an upper limit on the flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles of $Φ_{\mathrm{90%C.L.}}\sim 3\e{-18}\fluxunits$ for $β\geq0.8$. This is a factor of 4 improvement over the previous best experimental flux limits up to a Lorentz boost $γ$ below $10^{7}$. This result is then interpreted for a wide range of mass and kinetic energy values. : 11 pages, 11 figures. v2 is minor text edits, no changes to result