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Relativistic Magnetic Monopole Flux Constraints from RICE

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arxiv 0806.2129 v2 pith:ESSD2W24 submitted 2008-06-12 astro-ph

D.P.Hogan , D.Z.Besson , J.P.Ralston , I. Kravchenko , D. Seckel This is my paper · ORCID
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We report an upper limit on the flux of relativistic monopoles based on the non-observation of in-ice showers by the Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment (RICE) at the South Pole. We obtain a 95% C.L. limit of order 10^{-18}/(cm^2-s-sr) for intermediate mass monopoles of 10^7<gamma<10^{12} at the anticipated energy E=10^{16} GeV. This bound is over an order of magnitude stronger than all previously published experimental limits for this range of boost parameters gamma, and exceeds two orders of magnitude improvement over most of the range. We review the physics of radio detection, describe a Monte Carlo simulation including continuous and stochastic energy losses, and compare to previous experimental limits.

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