Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with five years of the ANTARES detector data

Abstract

A search for magnetic monopoles using five years of data recorded with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from January 2008 to December 2012 with a total live time of 1121 days is presented. The analysis is carried out in the range ${\hat{I}}^2$ $>$ $0.6$ of magnetic monopole velocities using a strategy based on run-by-run Monte Carlo simulations. No signal above the background expectation from atmospheric muons and atmospheric neutrinos is observed, and upper limits are set on the magnetic monopole flux ranging from $5.7\times 10^{-16}$ to $1.5\times 10^{-18}$ cm${}^{-2}\cdot$ s${}^{-1}\cdot$ sr${}^{-1}$.

23 pages, 8 figures, introduction developed, sentences added about systematic uncertainties in sections 6 and 8, figure style changed, added references for section 8