Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with IceCube
| dc.contributor.author | Hill, G. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description | Article part of CHORUS Pilot | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 km³. This analysis searches data taken on the partially completed detector during 2007 when roughly 0.2 km³ of ice was instrumented. The lack of candidate events leads to an upper limit on the flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles of Φ(90%C.L.)∼3×10⁻¹⁸ cm⁻² sr⁻¹ s⁻¹ for β≥0.8. This is a factor of 4 improvement over the previous best experimental flux limits up to a Lorentz boost γ below 10⁷. This result is then interpreted for a wide range of mass and kinetic energy values. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | R. Abbasi ... G. C. Hill ... et al. (IceCube Collaboration) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 2013; 87(2):1-11 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.022001 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1550-7998 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1550-2368 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/80361 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Soc | |
| dc.relation.grant | ARC | |
| dc.rights | © 2013 American Physical Society | |
| dc.source.uri | http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v87/i2/e022001 | |
| dc.title | Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with IceCube | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |