Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data

Icecube Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.051101

Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data

Icecube Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy

Loyola University Chicago
German Electron Synchrotron
University of Canterbury
Université libre de Bruxelles
University of Copenhagen
Oskar Klein Centre
Université de Geǹeve
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
University of Delaware
Harvard University
Marquette University
Pennsylvania State University
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
University of California at Irvine
University of California at Berkeley
Ohio State University
University of Wuppertal
Ruhr University Bochum
Technical University of Munich
University of Rochester
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Padua
University of Kansas
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
RWTH Aachen University
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Uppsala University

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Abstract

We present an all-sky 90% confidence level upper limit on the cosmic flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles using 2886 days of IceCube data. The analysis was optimized for monopole speeds between Formula Presented and Formula Presented, without any explicit restriction on the monopole mass. We constrain the flux of relativistic cosmic magnetic monopoles to a level below Formula Presented over the majority of the targeted speed range. This result constitutes the most strict upper limit to date for magnetic monopoles with Formula Presented and up to Formula Presented and fills the gap between existing limits on the cosmic flux of nonrelativistic and ultrarelativistic magnetic monopoles.

Original language	English
Article number	051101
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	128
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.051101
State	Published - Feb 4 2022

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Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data

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