Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES neutrino telescope

• DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.02.007
• Publication Date: 2012-02-28T20:00:53Z
• Authors: S. Adrián-Martínez; J.A. Aguilar; I. Al Samarai; A. Albert; M. André; M. Anghinolfi; G. Anton; S. Anvar; M. Ardid; A.C. Assis Jesus; T. Astraatmadja; J-J. Aubert; B. Baret; S. Basa; V. Bertin; S. Biagi; C. Bigongiari; C. Bogazzi; M. Bou-Cabo; B. Bouhou; M.C. Bouwhuis; J. Brunner; J. Busto; F. Camarena; A. Capone; C. Cârloganu; G. Carminati; J. Carr; S. Cecchini; Z. Charif; Ph. Charvis; T. Chiarusi; M. Circella; H. Costantini; P. Coyle; C. Curtil; M.P. Decowski; I. Dekeyser; A. Deschamps; C. Distefano; C. Donzaud; D. Dornic; Q. Dorosti; D. Drouhin; T. Eberl; U. Emanuele; A. Enzenhöfer; J.-P. Ernenwein; S. Escoffier; P. Fermani; M. Ferri; V. Flaminio; F. Folger; U. Fritsch; J.-L. Fuda; S. Galatà; P. Gay; G. Giacomelli; V. Giordano; J.P. Gómez-González; K. Graf; G. Guillard; G. Halladjian; G. Hallewell; H. van Haren; J. Hartman; A.J. Heijboer; Y. Hello; J.J. Hernández-Rey; B. Herold; J. Hößl; C.C. Hsu; M. de Jong; M. Kadler; O. Kalekin; A. Kappes; U. Katz; O. Kavatsyuk; P. Kooijman; C. Kopper; A. Kouchner; I. Kreykenbohm; V. Kulikovskiy; R. Lahmann; P. Lamare; G. Larosa; D. Lattuada; D. Lefèvre; G. Lim; D. Lo Presti; H. Loehner; S. Loucatos; S. Mangano; M. Marcelin; A. Margiotta; J.A. Martínez-Mora; A. Meli; T. Montaruli; M. Morganti; L. Moscoso; H. Motz; M. Neff; E. Nezri; D. Palioselitis; G.E. Păvălaş; K. Payet; P. Payre; J. Petrovic; P. Piattelli; N. Picot-Clemente; V. Popa; T. Pradier; E. Presani; C. Racca; C. Reed; G. Riccobene; C. Richardt; R. Richter; C. Rivière; A. Robert; K. Roensch; A. Rostovtsev; J. Ruiz-Rivas; M. Rujoiu; G.V. Russo; F. Salesa; P. Sapienza; F. Schöck; J-P. Schuller; F. Schüssler; T. Seitz; R. Shanidze; F. Simeone; A. Spies; M. Spurio; J.J.M. Steijger; Th. Stolarczyk; A. Sánchez-Losa; M. Taiuti; C. Tamburini; S. Toscano; B. Vallage; V. Van Elewyck; G. Vannoni; M. Vecchi; P. Vernin; S. Wagner; G. Wijnker; J. Wilms; E. de Wolf; H. Yepes; D. Zaborov; J.D. Zornoza; J. Zúñiga
• Keywords: FLUX; Muon background; Gauge model; Magnetic monopoles; neutrino telescopes; antares; magnetic monopole; FOS: Physical sciences; 530; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Acústica; 0103 physical sciences; FIELD; DETECTOR; MAGNETIC MONOPOLE; NEUTRINO TELESCOPES; ANTARES; Neutrons; High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE); SPECTRUM; Atmospheric neutrinos; :Física::Acústica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]; ANTARES; Magnetic monopole; Charged particles; 500; Monopols magnètics; Upper limits; [PHYS.HPHE] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]; 13. Climate action; [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]; Mass scale; FISICA APLICADA; Física nuclear; Data sets; Neutrino telescopes; [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; [PHYS.ASTR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Telescopes

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 1.3E-17 and 8.9E-17 cm-2.s-1.sr-1 for monopoles with velocity beta greater than 0.625.