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Title:Search for Ultra-relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Authors:Fujii, Toshihiro (Author)
Filipčič, Andrej (Author)
Kukec Mezek, Gašper (Author)
Saleh, Ahmed (Author)
Stanič, Samo (Author)
Trini, Marta (Author)
Veberič, Darko (Author)
Vorobiov, Serguei (Author)
Yang, Lili (Author)
Zavrtanik, Danilo (Author)
zavrtanik, marko (Author)
et al.
Files:.pdf ICRC2015_319.pdf (188,24 KB)
 
Language:English
Work type:Not categorized (r6)
Tipology:1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization:UNG - University of Nova Gorica
Abstract:Ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles, possibly a relic of phase transitions in the early universe, would deposit an amount of energy comparable to UHECRs in their passage through the atmosphere, producing highly distinctive air shower profiles. We have performed a search for ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles in the sample of air showers with profiles measured by the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. No candidate was found to satisfy our selection criteria and we establish upper limits on the flux of ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles - the first from an UHECR detector - improving over previous results by up to an order of magnitude.
Keywords:ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles, extensive air showers, Pierre Auger Observatory
Year of publishing:2015
COBISS_ID:4151547 Link is opened in a new window
URN:URN:SI:UNG:REP:N5FGMPWU
License:CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This work is available under this license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International
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Title:The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference
Subtitle:ICRC 2015 (The Hague, Netherlands)
Publisher:PoS, http://pos.sissa.it/
Conference organizer:International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
Collection title:Proceedings of ICRC 2015
Year of publishing:2015

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