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%0 Thesis
%A Wissing, Henrike
%T Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II detector
%C Aachen
%I Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University
%M RWTH-CONV-113595
%P X, 157 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
%D 2009
%Z Zsfassung in dt. u. engl. Sprache
%Z Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2009
%X Cherenkov emissions of magnetically charged particles passing through a transparent medium will exceed those of electrically charged particles by several orders of magnitude. The Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA), a neutrino telescope utilizing the glacial ice at the geographic South Pole as Cherenkov medium, is capable of efficiently detecting relativistic magnetic monopoles that may pass through its sensitive volume. This thesis presents the search for Cherenkov signatures from relativistic magnetic monopoles in  data taken with  AMANDA during the 2000. No such signal is observed in the data, and the analysis allows to place  upper limits on the flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles. The limit obtained for monopoles reaching the detector from below the horizon, i.e., those monopoles that are capable of crossing the Earth, is the most stringent experimental constraint on the flux of magnetic monopoles to date: Dependent on the monopole speed,  the flux limit (at 90
%K Magnetischer Monopol (SWD)
%K Hypothetisches Teilchen (SWD)
%K AMANDA <Teilchendetektor> (SWD)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)11
%9 Dissertation / PhD Thesis
%U https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/51288