Search for magnetic monopoles with the complete ANTARES dataset

Albert A, Alves S, André M, Ardid M, Ardid S, Aubert JJ, Aublin J, Baret B, Basa S, Becherini Y, Belhorma B, Benfenati F, Bertin V, Biagi S, Boumaaza J, Bouta M, Bouwhuis MC, Brânzaş H, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Caiffi B, Calvo D, Campion S, Capone A, Carenini F, Carr J, Carretero V, Cartraud T, Celli S, Cerisy L, Chabab M, Cherkaoui El Moursli R, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coelho JA, Coleiro A, Coniglione R, Coyle P, Creusot A, Díaz AF, De Martino B, Distefano C, Di Palma I, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Drouhin D, Eberl T, Eddymaoui A, van Eeden T, van Eijk D, El Hedri S, El Khayati N, Enzenhöfer A, Fermani P, Ferrara G, Filippini F, Fusco L, Gagliardini S, García-Méndez J, Gatius Oliver C, Gay P, Geißelbrecht N, Glotin H, Gozzini R, Gracia Ruiz R, Graf K, Guidi C, Haegel L, van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hennig L, Hernández-Rey JJ, Hößl J, Huang F, Illuminati G, Jisse-Jung B, de Jong M, de Jong P, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Katz U, Kouchner A, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Lamoureux M, Lazo A, Lefèvre D, Leonora E, Levi G, Le Stum S, Loucatos S, Manczak J, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Martínez-Mora JA, Migliozzi P, Moussa A, Muller R, Navas S, Nezri E, Ó Fearraigh B, Oukacha E, Păun AM, Păvălaş GE, Peña-Martínez S, Perrin-Terrin M, Piattelli P, Poirè C, Popa V, Pradier T, Randazzo N, Real D, Riccobene G, Romanov A, Sánchez Losa A, Saina A, Salesa Greus F, Samtleben DF, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schüssler F, Seneca J, Spurio M, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tayalati Y, Vallage B, Vannoye G, Van Elewyck V, Viola S, Vivolo D, Wilms J, Zavatarelli S, Zegarelli A, Zornoza JD, Zúñiga J (2026)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2026

Journal

Book Volume: 50

Article Number: 100500

DOI: 10.1016/j.jheap.2025.100500

Abstract

This study presents a search for magnetic monopoles using the full ANTARES dataset collected over 14 years (2008–2022). The interaction of monopoles with matter was modeled according to the Kazama, Yang and Goldhaber cross-section, and dedicated reconstruction strategies were applied to probe velocities both above and below the Cherenkov threshold. No signal consistent with monopoles was found. We derive 90% C.L. upper limits on the flux of relativistic monopoles at the level of 10 − 18 c m − 2 s − 1 s r − 1 , improving upon previous ANTARES results and confirming those obtained by IceCube and other neutrino telescopes. These results constitute the final contribution of ANTARES to the search for magnetic monopoles.

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National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR) Romania (RO) FOM Foundation Netherlands (NL) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Université Paris Cité France (FR) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'univers (IRFU) France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) Mohammed V University (UMVA) / جامعة محمد الخامس‎ Morocco (MA) Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) / Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie France (FR) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) Università degli Studi di Salerno Italy (IT) University of Toulon / Université de Toulon (UTLN) France (FR) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) / Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña Spain (ES) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Cadi Ayyad University / جامعة القاضي عياض‎ Morocco (MA) The National Center for Nuclear Energy, Sciences and Techniques (CNESTEN) Morocco (MA) UMR Géoazur - Campus Azur du CNRS France (FR) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL)

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APA:

Albert, A., Alves, S., André, M., Ardid, M., Ardid, S., Aubert, J.J.,... Zúñiga, J. (2026). Search for magnetic monopoles with the complete ANTARES dataset. Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2025.100500

MLA:

Albert, A., et al. "Search for magnetic monopoles with the complete ANTARES dataset." Journal of High Energy Astrophysics 50 (2026).

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