Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the IceCube 40 string detector / vorgelegt von Jonas Posselt. 2013
Content
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Magnetic Monopoles
- Monopoles in Classical Electrodynamics
- The Dirac Monopole
- The 't Hooft/Polyakov Monopole
- Creation and Acceleration
- Monopole-Matter Interaction
- Monopole Flux Limits
- IceCube
- Monopole Detection with IceCube
- Simulation
- Simulation Software
- Monopole Simulation
- Background Simulation
- Light Simulation
- Detector Simulation
- Burn Sample
- Cut Parameters and Reconstruction
- Event Selection
- Optimization Methods
- Level 0: Pre-Selection
- Level 1: Light Density Cut
- Level 2: Cascade Events
- Level 3: Coincident Events
- Level 4: Directional Cuts
- Sensitivity
- Systematic Uncertainties
- Results
- Summary and Conclusion
- Appendices
- Analysis of Final Events
- Supplementary Plots
- Supplementary Tables
- Bibliography