Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with IceCube

被引:33
作者
Abbasi, R. [30 ,31 ]
Abdou, Y. [25 ]
Ackermann, M. [47 ]
Adams, J. [17 ]
Aguilar, J. A. [24 ]
Ahlers, M. [30 ,31 ]
Altmann, D. [10 ]
Andeen, K. [30 ,31 ]
Auffenberg, J. [30 ,31 ]
Bai, X. [35 ,36 ,48 ]
Baker, M. [30 ,31 ]
Barwick, S. W. [26 ]
Baum, V. [32 ]
Bay, R. [8 ]
Beattie, K. [9 ]
Beatty, J. J. [19 ,20 ,21 ]
Bechet, S. [14 ]
Tjus, J. Becker [11 ]
Becker, K. -H. [46 ]
Bell, M. [44 ]
Benabderrahmane, M. L. [47 ]
BenZvi, S. [30 ,31 ]
Berdermann, J. [47 ]
Berghaus, P. [47 ]
Berley, D. [18 ]
Bernardini, E. [47 ]
Bertrand, D. [14 ]
Besson, D. Z. [28 ]
Bindig, D. [46 ]
Bissok, M. [1 ]
Blaufuss, E. [18 ]
Blumenthal, J. [1 ]
Boersma, D. J. [1 ]
Bohm, C. [39 ,40 ]
Bose, D. [15 ]
Boeser, S. [12 ]
Botner, O. [45 ]
Brayeur, L. [15 ]
Brown, A. M. [17 ]
Bruijn, R. [27 ]
Brunner, J. [47 ]
Buitink, S. [15 ]
Carson, M. [25 ]
Casey, J. [5 ,6 ]
Casier, M. [15 ]
Chirkin, D. [30 ,31 ]
Christy, B. [18 ]
Clevermann, F. [22 ]
Cohen, S. [27 ]
Cowen, D. F. [43 ,44 ]
机构
[1] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Phys 3, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
[2] Univ Adelaide, Sch Chem & Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[3] Univ Alaska Anchorage, Dept Phys & Astron, Anchorage, AK 99508 USA
[4] Clark Atlanta Univ, CTSPS, Atlanta, GA 30314 USA
[5] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Phys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[6] Georgia Inst Technol, Ctr Relativist Astrophys, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[7] Southern Univ, Dept Phys, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA
[8] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[9] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[10] Humboldt Univ, Inst Phys, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[11] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Fak Phys & Astron, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
[12] Univ Bonn, Inst Phys, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[13] Univ W Indies, Dept Phys, Bridgetown BB11000, Barbados
[14] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Fac Sci, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[15] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
[16] Chiba Univ, Dept Phys, Chiba 2638522, Japan
[17] Univ Canterbury, Dept Phys & Astron, Christchurch 1, New Zealand
[18] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[19] Ohio State Univ, Dept Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[20] Ohio State Univ, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[21] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[22] TU Dortmund Univ, Dept Phys, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
[23] Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7, Canada
[24] Univ Geneva, Dept Phys Nucl & Corpusculaire, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[25] Univ Ghent, Dept Phys & Astron, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[26] Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Phys & Astron, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
[27] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Lab High Energy Phys, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[28] Univ Kansas, Dept Phys & Astron, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
[29] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Astron, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[30] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[31] Univ Wisconsin, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophys Ctr, Madison, WI 53706 USA
[32] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[33] Univ Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
[34] Tech Univ Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[35] Univ Delaware, Bartol Res Inst, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[36] Univ Delaware, Dept Phys & Astron, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[37] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
[38] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, River Falls, WI 54022 USA
[39] Stockholm Univ, Oskar Klein Ctr, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[40] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[41] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys & Astron, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
[42] Univ Alabama, Dept Phys & Astron, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
[43] Penn State Univ, Dept Astron & Astrophys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[44] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[45] Uppsala Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
[46] Berg Univ Wuppertal, Dept Phys, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
[47] DESY, D-15735 Zeuthen, Germany
[48] S Dakota Sch Mines & Technol, Dept Phys, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
[49] Univ Bari, Dipartmento Fis, Sez INFN, I-70126 Bari, Italy
[50] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2013年 / 87卷 / 02期
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 瑞典研究理事会; 瑞士国家科学基金会; 澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
SELECTION; FLUX;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevD.87.022001
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.022001
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