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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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:in2p3-00706850v1 2023-05-15T13:52:43+02:00 Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope Abbasi, R. Abdou, Y. Abu-Zayyad, T. Adams, J. Aguilar, J. A. Ahlers, M. Andeen, K. Auffenberg, J. Bai, X. Baker, Mark D. Barwick, S. W. Bay, R. Bazo Alba, J. L. Beattie, K. Beatty, J. J. Bechet, S. Becker, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Benabderrahmane, M. L. Benzvi, S. Berdermann, J. Berghaus, P. Berley, D. Bernardini, E. Bertrand, D. Besson, D. Z. Bissok, M. Blaufuss, E. Boersma, D. J. 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, D. F. d'Agostino, M. V. Danninger, M. Davis, J. C. de Clercq, C. Demirörs, L. Depaepe, O. Descamps, F. APC - Cosmologie AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2010-10 https://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00706850 https://doi.org/10.1140/EPJC/S10052-010-1411-6 en eng HAL CCSD Springer Verlag (Germany) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1140/EPJC/S10052-010-1411-6 in2p3-00706850 https://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00706850 BIBCODE: 2010EPJC.69.361A doi:10.1140/EPJC/S10052-010-1411-6 ISSN: 1434-6044 EISSN: 1434-6052 European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields https://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00706850 European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2010, 69, pp.361-378. ⟨10.1140/EPJC/S10052-010-1411-6⟩ [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE] [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE] [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2010 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1140/EPJC/S10052-010-1411-6 2023-03-08T00:10:12Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ice cap South pole South pole Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic The European Physical Journal C 69 3-4 361 378 |
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[SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE] [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE] [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] Abbasi, R. Abdou, Y. Abu-Zayyad, T. Adams, J. Aguilar, J. A. Ahlers, M. Andeen, K. Auffenberg, J. Bai, X. Baker, Mark D. Barwick, S. W. Bay, R. Bazo Alba, J. L. Beattie, K. Beatty, J. J. Bechet, S. Becker, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Benabderrahmane, M. L. Benzvi, S. Berdermann, J. Berghaus, P. Berley, D. Bernardini, E. Bertrand, D. Besson, D. Z. Bissok, M. Blaufuss, E. Boersma, D. J. 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, D. F. d'Agostino, M. V. Danninger, M. Davis, J. C. de Clercq, C. Demirörs, L. Depaepe, O. Descamps, F. Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope |
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[SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE] [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE] [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO] |
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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. |
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APC - Cosmologie AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Abbasi, R. Abdou, Y. Abu-Zayyad, T. Adams, J. Aguilar, J. A. Ahlers, M. Andeen, K. Auffenberg, J. Bai, X. Baker, Mark D. Barwick, S. W. Bay, R. Bazo Alba, J. L. Beattie, K. Beatty, J. J. Bechet, S. Becker, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Benabderrahmane, M. L. Benzvi, S. Berdermann, J. Berghaus, P. Berley, D. Bernardini, E. Bertrand, D. Besson, D. Z. Bissok, M. Blaufuss, E. Boersma, D. J. 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, D. F. d'Agostino, M. V. Danninger, M. Davis, J. C. de Clercq, C. Demirörs, L. Depaepe, O. Descamps, F. |
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Abbasi, R. Abdou, Y. Abu-Zayyad, T. Adams, J. Aguilar, J. A. Ahlers, M. Andeen, K. Auffenberg, J. Bai, X. Baker, Mark D. Barwick, S. W. Bay, R. Bazo Alba, J. L. Beattie, K. Beatty, J. J. Bechet, S. Becker, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Benabderrahmane, M. L. Benzvi, S. Berdermann, J. Berghaus, P. Berley, D. Bernardini, E. Bertrand, D. Besson, D. Z. Bissok, M. Blaufuss, E. Boersma, D. J. 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, D. F. d'Agostino, M. V. Danninger, M. Davis, J. C. de Clercq, C. Demirörs, L. Depaepe, O. Descamps, F. |
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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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Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic |
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Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Ice cap South pole South pole |
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Antarc* Antarctic Ice cap South pole South pole |
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ISSN: 1434-6044 EISSN: 1434-6052 European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields https://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00706850 European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2010, 69, pp.361-378. ⟨10.1140/EPJC/S10052-010-1411-6⟩ |
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