| Title: |
Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with IceCube |
| Authors: |
Abbasi, R; Abdou, Yasser; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; Altmann, D; Andeen, K; Auffenberg, J; Bai, X; Baker, M; Barwick, SW; Baum, V; Bay, R; Beattie, K; Beatty, JJ; Bechet, S; Tjus, JB; Becker, KH; Bell, M; Benabderrahmane, ML; BenZvi, S; Berdermann, J; Berghaus, P; Berley, D; Bernardini, E; Bertrand, D; Besson, DZ; Bindig, D; Bissok, M; Blaufuss, E; Blumenthal, J; Boersma, DJ; Bohm, C; Bose, D; Boser, S; Botner, O; Brayeur, L; Brown, AM; Bruijn, R; Brunner, J; Buitink, S; Carson, Michael; Casey, J; Casier, M; Chirkin, D; Christy, B; Clevermann, F; Cohen, S; Cowen, DF; Silva, AHC; Danninger, M; Daughhetee, J; Davis, JC; De Clercq, C; Descamps, F; Desiati, P; De Vries-Uiterweerd, Garmt; DeYoung, T; Diaz-Velez, JC; Dreyer, J; Dumm, JP; Dunkman, M; Eagan, R; Eisch, J; Ellsworth, RW; Engdegard, O; Euler, S; Evenson, PA; Fadiran, O; Fazely, AR; Fedynitch, A; Feintzeig, J; Feusels, Tom; Filimonov, K; Finley, C; Fischer-Wasels, T; Flis, S; Franckowiak, A; Franke, R; Frantzen, K; Fuchs, T; Gaisser, TK; Gallagher, J; Gerhardt, L; Gladstone, L; Glusenkamp, T; Goldschmidt, A; Goodman, JA; Gora, D; Grant, D; Gross, A; Grullon, S; Gurtner, M; Ha, C; Haj Ismail, Abd Al Karim; Hallgren, A; Halzen, F; Hanson, K; Heereman, D; Heimann, P; Heinen, D; Helbing, K; Hellauer, R; Hickford, S; Hill, GC; Hoffman, KD; Hoffmann, R; Homeier, A; Hoshina, K; Huelsnitz, W; Hulth, PO; Hultqvist, K; Hussain, S; Ishihara, A; Jacobi, E; Jacobsen, J; Japaridze, GS; Jlelati, Ola; Kappes, A; Karg, T; Karle, A; Kiryluk, J; Kislat, F; Klas, J; Klein, SR; Kohne, JH; Kohnen, G; Kolanoski, H; Kopke, L; Kopper, C; Kopper, S; Koskinen, DJ; Kowalski, M; Krasberg, M; Kroll, G; Kunnen, J; Kurahashi, N; Kuwabara, T; Labare, Mathieu; Laihem, K; Landsman, H; Larson, MJ; Lauer, R; Lesiak-Bzdak, M; Lunemann, J; Madsen, J; Maruyama, R; Mase, K; Matis, HS; McNally, F; Meagher, K; Merck, M; Meszaros, P; Meures, T; Miarecki, S; Middell, E; Milke, N; Miller, J; Mohrmann, L; Montaruli, T; Morse, R; Movit, SM; Nahnhauer, R; Naumann, U; Nowicki, SC; Nygren, DR; Obertacke, A; Odrowski, S; Olivas, A; Olivo, M; O'Murchadha, A; Panknin, S; Paul, L; Pepper, JA; de los Heros, CP; Pieloth, D; Pirk, N; Posselt, J; Price, PB; Przybylski, GT; Radel, L; Rawlins, K; Redl, P; Resconi, E; Rhode, W; Ribordy, M; Richman, M; Riedel, B; Rodrigues, JP; Rothmaier, F; Rott, C; Ruhe, T; Ruzybayev, B; Ryckbosch, Dirk; Saba, SM; Salameh, T; Sander, HG; Santander, M; Sarkar, S; Schatto, K; Scheel, M; Scheriau, F; Schmidt, T; Schmitz, M; Schoenen, S; Schoneberg, S; Schonherr, L; Schonwald, A; Schukraft, A; Schulte, L; Schulz, O; Seckel, D; Seo, SH; Sestayo, Y; Seunarine, S; Smith, MWE; Soiron, M; Soldin, D; Spiczak, GM; Spiering, C; Stamatikos, M; Stanev, T; Stasik, A; Stezelberger, T; Stokstad, RG; Stossl, A; Strahler, EA; Strom, R; Sullivan, GW; Taavola, H; Taboada, I; Tamburro, A; Ter-Antonyan, S; Tilav, S; Toale, PA; Toscano, S; Usner, M; van der Drift, D; van Eijndhoven, N; Van Overloop, Arne; van Santen, J; Vehring, M; Voge, M; Walck, C; Waldenmaier, T; Wallraff, M; Walter, M; Wasserman, R; Weaver, C; Wendt, C; Westerhoff, S; Whitehorn, N; Wiebe, K; Wiebusch, CH; Williams, DR; Wissing, H; Wolf, M; Wood, TR; Woschnagg, K; Xu, C; Xu, DL; Xu, XW; Yanez, JP; Yodh, G; Yoshida, S; Zarzhitsky, P; Ziemann, J; Zilles, A; Zoll, M |
| Source: |
PHYSICAL REVIEW D ; ISSN: 1550-7998 |
| Publication Year: |
2013 |
| Collection: |
Ghent University Academic Bibliography |
| Subject Terms: |
Physics and Astronomy; FIELDS; FLUX; AMANDA; SELECTION; NEUTRINO TELESCOPE |
| Description: |
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 Phi(90%C.L.) similar to 3 x 10(-18) cm(-2) sr(-1) s(-1) for beta >= 0.8. This is a factor of 4 improvement over the previous best experimental flux limits up to a Lorentz boost gamma below 10(7). This result is then interpreted for a wide range of mass and kinetic energy values. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3246910; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.022001; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3246910/file/3250650 |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevD.87.022001 |
| Availability: |
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3246910; https://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-3246910; https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.87.022001; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3246910/file/3250650 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EA671864 |
| Database: |
BASE |