Nuclearite search with ANTARES
M. Bouta (1), A. Moussa (1), Y. Tayalati (2), G. E., P\u{a}v\u{a}la\c{s} (3), J. Brunner (4) (for the ANTARES Collaboration, (1), University Mohammed First in Oujda, (2) University Mohammed V in Rabat, (3), Institute of Space Science in M\u{a}gurele, (4) Centre de Physique des
TL;DR
This paper explores ANTARES' capability to detect nuclearites, massive strange quark matter nuggets, by analyzing data from 2009 to 2017, expanding its neutrino detection scope.
Contribution
It presents the first search for non-relativistic nuclearites with ANTARES and analyzes a long-term dataset for potential signals.
Findings
No nuclearite candidates found in the data.
Set upper limits on nuclearite flux in the Mediterranean Sea.
Demonstrates ANTARES' sensitivity to non-relativistic strange quark matter.
Abstract
The ANTARES detector is a Cherenkov underwater neutrino telescope operating in the Mediterranean Sea. Its construction was completed in 2008. Even though optimised for the search of cosmic neutrinos, this telescope is also sensitive to nuclearites (massive nuggets of strange quark matter) trough the black body radiation emitted along their path. We discuss here the possible detection of non-relativistic down-going nuclearites with the ANTARES telescope and present the results of an analysis using data collected from 2009 till 2017.
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