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The search for magnetic monopoles has been a longstanding concern of the physics community for nearly a century. However, up to now, the existence of elementary magnetic monopoles remains an open question. The electroweak 't Hooft-Polyakov…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-10-23 Ji-Chong Yang , Yu-Chen Guo , Bing Liu , Tong Li

Dark matter is one of the main goals of neutrino astronomy. At present, there are two big neutrino telescopes based on the Cherenkov technique in ice and water: IceCube at the South Pole and ANTARES in the northern hemisphere. Both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-10 Paolo Fermani

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory instruments about 1 km$^3$ of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole using 5160 photomultipliers to detect Cherenkov light from relativistic, charged particles. Most IceCube science goals rely on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 Martin Rongen , Dmitry Chirkin

This study presents a novel search for magnetic monopoles using data collected over a 14 year period (2008-2022) by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The interaction of magnetic monopoles with matter was modeled according to Kazama, Yang, and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-02 A. Albert , S. Alves , M. André , M. Ardid , S. Ardid , J. -J. Aubert , J. Aublin , B. Baret , S. Basa , Y. Becherini , B. Belhorma , F. Benfenati , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , J. Boumaaza , M. Bouta , M. C. Bouwhuis , H. Branzas , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , J. Busto , B. Caiffi , D. Calvo , S. Campion , A. Capone , F. Carenini , J. Carr , V. Carretero , T. Cartraud , S. Celli , L. Cerisy , M. Chabab , R. Cherkaoui El Moursli , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , J. A. B. Coelho , A. Coleiro , R. Coniglione , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , A. F. Dìaz , B. De Martino , C. Distefano , I. Di Palma , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , A. Eddymaoui , T. van Eeden , D. van Eijk , S. El Hedri , N. El Khayati , A. Enzenhöfer , P. Fermani , G. Ferrara , F. Filippini , L. Fusco , S. Gagliardini , J. Garcìa-Méndez , C. Gatius Oliver , P. Gay , N. Geisselbrecht , H. Glotin , R. Gozzini , R. Gracia Ruiz , K. Graf , C. Guidi , L. Haegel , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , L. Hennig , J. J. Hernàndez-Rey , J. Hössl , F. Huang , G. Illuminati , B. Jisse-Jung , M. de Jong , P. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , U. Katz , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , M. Lamoureux , A. Lazo , D. Lefèvre , E. Leonora , G. Levi , S. Le Stum , S. Loucatos , J. Manczak , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , J. A. Martìnez-Mora , P. Migliozzi , A. Moussa , R. Muller , S. Navas , E. Nezri , B. 'O Fearraigh , E. Oukacha , A. M. Paun , G. E. Pavalas , S. Pena-Martìnez , M. Perrin-Terrin , P. Piattelli , C. Poirè , V. Popa , T. Pradier , N. Randazzo , D. Real , G. Riccobene , A. Romanov , A. Sànchez Losa , A. Saina , F. Salesa Greus , D. F. E. Samtleben , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , F. Schüssler , J. Seneca , M. Spurio , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , B. Vallage , G. Vannoye , V. Van Elewyck , S. Viola , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zegarelli , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúniga

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory instruments about 1 km^3 of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole with 5160 photomultipliers to detect Cherenkov light from charged relativistic particles. The experiment pursues a wide range of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-22 Dmitry Chirkin , Martin Rongen

We present a limit on the flux of relativistic monopoles obtained during 994 days of operation of the Baikal neutrino telescope NT200. The search for relativistic monopoles is based on the enormous amount of Cherenkov radiation emitted by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 R. Wischnewski

Any early universe phase transition occurring after inflation has the potential to populate the universe with relic magnetic monopoles. Observations of galactic magnetic fields, as well as observations matched with models for extragalactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Stuart D. Wick , Thomas W. Kephart , Thomas J. Weiler , Peter L. Biermann

For a broad range of values of magnetic monopole mass and charge, the abundance of monopoles trapped inside the Earth would be expected to be enhanced in the mantle beneath the geomagnetic poles. A search for magnetic monopoles was…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-04-04 K. Bendtz , D. Milstead , H. -P. Hächler , A. M. Hirt , P. Mermod , P. Michael , T. Sloan , C. Tegner , S. B. Thorarinsson

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic kilometer neutrino telescope located at the geographic South Pole. Cherenkov radiation emitted by charged secondary particles from neutrino interactions is observed by IceCube using an array of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-01 Kevin J. Meagher

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.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-30 ANTARES Collaboration , 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

IceCube is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov detector installed in deep ice at the geographic South Pole. IceCube's surface array, IceTop, measures the electromagnetic signal and mainly low-energy muons from extensive air showers above several…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 Andreas Haungs

The IceCube observatory located at the South Pole is a cubic-kilometre optical Cherenkov telescope primarily designed for the detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. IceCube became fully operational in 2010, after a seven-year…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-20 Markus Ahlers , Klaus Helbing , Carlos Pérez de los Heros

IceCube is a cubic-kilometer Cherenkov telescope operating at the South Pole. Its goal is to detect astrophysical neutrinos and identify their sources. High-energy muon neutrinos are identified through the secondary muons produced via…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-24 Federica Bradascio , Thorsten Glüsenkamp

The sources of galactic charged cosmic rays are so far unknown, because their arrival directions are randomized in the galactic magnetic field. Objects accelerating hadrons are expected to produce high-energy neutrinos. In addition, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-16 A. Sandrock

The IceCube detector, located at the South Pole, is discussed as a detector for core collapse supernovae. The large flux of $\bar{\nu}_{e}$ from a Galactic supernova gives rise to Cherenkov light from positrons and electrons created in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Ronald Bruijn

Construction of the cubic-kilometer neutrino detector IceCube at the South Pole has been completed in December 2010. It forms a lattice of 5160 photomultiplier tubes monitoring a gigaton of the deep Antarctic ice for particle induced…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 K. Helbing

The deep underwater Cherenkov neutrino telescope NT-200 is currently under construction at Lake Baikal. The "subdetectors" NT-36 (1993-95) and NT-72 (1995-96) have been operating successfully over 3 years. Various techniques have been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The BAIKAL Collaboration

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory instruments about 1 km$^3$ of deep, glacial ice at the geographic South Pole using 5160 photomultipliers to detect Cherenkov light of charged relativistic particles. Most of IceCube's science goals rely…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-20 Martin Rongen , Dmitry Chirkin

Magnetic monopoles are hypothesised elementary particles connected by Dirac strings that behave like infinitely thin solenoids. Despite decades of searches, free magnetic monopoles and their Dirac strings have eluded experimental detection,…

Numerous and all unsuccessful attempts of experimental search for monopole in cosmic rays and on accelerators in high energy particle collisions have been done since the possibility of existence of a magnetic monopole has been surveyed in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Ianovski , I. V. Kolokolov , P. V. Vorob'ev