Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the Baikal neutrino telescope

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作者
Aynutdinov, V. [2 ]
Avrorin, A. [2 ]
Balkanov, V. [2 ]
Belolaptikov, I. [4 ]
Budnev, N. [3 ]
Danilchenko, I. [2 ]
Domogatsky, G. [2 ]
Doroshenko, A. [2 ]
Dyachok, A. [3 ]
Dzhilkibaev, Zh. -A. [2 ]
Fialkovsky, S. [6 ]
Gaponenko, O. [2 ]
Golubkov, K. [4 ]
Gress, O. [3 ]
Gress, T.
Grishin, O. [3 ]
Klabukov, A. [2 ]
Klimov, A. [8 ]
Kochanov, A. [3 ]
Konischev, K. [4 ]
Koshechkin, A. [2 ]
Kuzmichev, L. [1 ]
Kulepov, V. [6 ]
Middell, E. [5 ]
Mikheyev, S. [2 ]
Milenin, M. [6 ]
Mirgazov, R. [3 ]
Osipova, E. [1 ]
Pan'kov, G. [3 ]
Pan'kov, L. [3 ]
Panfilov, A. [2 ]
Petukhov, D. [2 ]
Pliskovsky, E. [4 ]
Pokhil, P. [2 ]
Poleschuk, V. [2 ]
Popova, E. [1 ]
Prosin, V. [1 ]
Rozanov, M. [7 ]
Rubtzov, V. [3 ]
Sheifler, A. [2 ]
Shoibonov, B. [4 ]
Shirokov, A. [1 ]
Spiering, Ch. [5 ]
Tarashansky, B. [3 ]
Wischnewski, R. [5 ]
Yashin, I. [1 ]
Zhukov, V. [2 ]
机构
[1] Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys MSU, Moscow, Russia
[2] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
[3] Irkutsk State Univ, Irkutsk 664003, Russia
[4] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna, Russia
[5] DESY, Zeuthen, Germany
[6] Nizhnii Novgorod State Tech Univ, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia
[7] St Petersburg State Marine Univ, St Petersburg, Russia
[8] Kurchatov Inst, Moscow, Russia
关键词
neutrino telescopes; magnetic monopole; Cherenkov radiation; Lake Baikal;
D O I
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.03.006
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present results of a search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the Baikal neutrino telescope NT200, using data taken between April 1998 and February 2003. No monopole candidates have been found. We set an upper limit 4.6 x 10(-17) cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) for the flux of monopoles with beta(m) = 1. This is a factor of 20 below the Chudakov-Parker bound which is inferred from the very existence of large-scale galactic magnetic fields. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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