RT Journal Article
T1 Search for ultrarelativistic magnetic monopoles with the Pierre Auger observatory
A1 Arqueros Martínez, Fernando
A1 García Pinto, Diego
A1 Minaya Flores, Ignacio Andrés
A1 Vázquez Peñas, José Ramón
AB We present a search for ultrarelativistic magnetic monopoles with the Pierre Auger observatory. Such particles, possibly a relic of phase transitions in the early Universe, would deposit a large amount of energy along their path through the atmosphere, comparable to that of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). The air-shower profile of a magnetic monopole can be effectively distinguished by the fluorescence detector from that of standard UHECRs. No candidate was found in the data collected between 2004 and 2012, with an expected background of less than 0.1 event from UHECRs. The corresponding 90% confidence level (C.L.) upper limits on the flux of ultrarelativistic magnetic monopoles range from 10(-1)9 (cm(2) sr s)(-1) for a Lorentz factor gamma = 10(9) to 2.5 x 10(-21) (cm(2) sr s)(-1) for gamma = 10(12). These results-the first obtained with a UHECR detector-improve previously published limits by up to an order of magnitude.
PB Amer Physical Soc
SN 2470-0010
YR 2016
FD 2016-10-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17570
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17570
LA eng
NO © Amer Physical Soc 2016.Autoría conjunta: Pierre Auger Collaboration. Artículo firmado por más de 10 autores.The successful installation, commissioning, and operation of the Pierre Auger observatory would not have been possible without the strong commitment and effort from the technical and administrative staff in Malargue. We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support: Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), and Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza, Municipalidad de Malargue, NDM Holdings and Valle Las Lenas, Argentina, in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access; the Australian Research Council; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Grants No. 2010/07359-6 and No. 1999/05404-3, Ministerio de Ciencia e Tecnologia (MCT), Brazil, Grants No. MSMT CR LG15014, No. LO1305 and No. LM2015038 and the Czech Science Foundation Grant No. 14-17501S, Czech Republic; Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Conseil Regional Ile-de-France, Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), and Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP) Grant No. LABEX ANR-10-LABX-63, within the Investissements d'Avenir Programme Grant No. ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02, France; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg, Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein Westfalen, Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR), Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics (CFA), CETEMPS Center of Excellence, and Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE), Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Grant No. 167733, Mexico; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM, Mexico; Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), and Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands; National Centre for Research and Development, Grants No. ERANET-ASPERA/01/11 and No. ERA-NET-ASPERA/02/11, and National Science Centre, Grants No. 2013/08/M/ST9/00322, No. 2013/08/M/ST9/00728 and No. HARMONIA 5–2013/10/M/ST9/00062, Poland; Portuguese national funds and FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (COMPETE), Portugal; Romanian Authority for Scientific Research ANCS, CNDI-UEFISCDI partnership projects Grants No. 20/2012, No. 194/2012 and No. PN 16 42 01 02; Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia; Comunidad de Madrid, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) funds, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Xunta de Galicia, and European Community 7th Framework Program, Grant No. FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF-328826, Spain; Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom; Department of Energy Awards No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, No. DE-FR02-04ER41300, No. DE-FG02-99ER41107 and No. DE-SC0011689, National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0450696, and The Grainger Foundation, USA; NAFOSTED, Vietnam; Marie CurieIRSES/EPLANET, European Particle Physics Latin American Network, European Union 7th Framework Program, Grant No. PIRSES-2009-GA-246806; and UNESCO. This work was supported in part by NSF Grant No. PHY-1412261 and by the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago through Grant No. NSF PHY-1125897 and an endowment from the Kavli Foundation and its founder Fred Kavli. T. F. was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship for Research Abroad Grant No. H25-339.
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NO Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic
NO Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, France
NO Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
NO Conseil Regional Ile-de-France, France
NO Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), France
NO Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), France
NO Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP) Grant, within the Investissements d'Avenir Programme Grant, France
NO Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
NO Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
NO Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg
NO Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP)
NO Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)
NO Ministerium fur Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein Westfalen
NO Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
NO Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
NO Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
NO Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR)
NO Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics (CFA)
NO CETEMPS Center of Excellence
NO Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE), Italy
NO Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
NO Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
NO Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands
NO National Centre for Research and Development
NO National Science Centre, Poland
NO Portuguese national funds
NO FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (COMPETE), Portugal
NO Romanian Authority for Scientific Research ANCS, CNDI-UEFISCDI partnership projects
NO Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia
NO Comunidad de Madrid, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) funds
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NO Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom
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