Monopoles at future neutrino detectors

Abstract We investigate the potential of future neutrino experiments, DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande, to probe magnetic monopoles via Callan-Rubakov (CR) processes. We consider both relativistic and non-relativistic monopoles and focus on two primary detection signatures: high-energy antiproton productio...

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Main Authors: Pablo M. Candela, Valentin V. Khoze, Jessica Turner
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)034
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description Abstract We investigate the potential of future neutrino experiments, DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande, to probe magnetic monopoles via Callan-Rubakov (CR) processes. We consider both relativistic and non-relativistic monopoles and focus on two primary detection signatures: high-energy antiproton production and proton decay catalysis. For relativistic monopoles, our analysis of the CR process indicates antiproton production with energies near 900 GeV and we find that both experiments can provide limits on the fluxes an order of magnitude below the Parker bound (approximately Φ ≲ 10−16 cm−2 s−1 sr−1). For non-relativistic monopoles, we recast the experimental sensitivity to proton decay catalysis and obtain upper limits on the monopole flux of Φ ≲ 2.3 × 10−23 cm−2 s−1 sr−1 for Hyper-Kamiokande and Φ ≲ 1.1 × 10−22 cm−2 s−1 sr−1 for DUNE.
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spelling doaj-art-a710dc8ee4ff439a9c6a70be01d74a232025-08-20T03:04:17ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-07-012025712110.1007/JHEP07(2025)034Monopoles at future neutrino detectorsPablo M. Candela0Valentin V. Khoze1Jessica Turner2Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de València)Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Department of Physics, Durham UniversityInstitute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, Department of Physics, Durham UniversityAbstract We investigate the potential of future neutrino experiments, DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande, to probe magnetic monopoles via Callan-Rubakov (CR) processes. We consider both relativistic and non-relativistic monopoles and focus on two primary detection signatures: high-energy antiproton production and proton decay catalysis. For relativistic monopoles, our analysis of the CR process indicates antiproton production with energies near 900 GeV and we find that both experiments can provide limits on the fluxes an order of magnitude below the Parker bound (approximately Φ ≲ 10−16 cm−2 s−1 sr−1). For non-relativistic monopoles, we recast the experimental sensitivity to proton decay catalysis and obtain upper limits on the monopole flux of Φ ≲ 2.3 × 10−23 cm−2 s−1 sr−1 for Hyper-Kamiokande and Φ ≲ 1.1 × 10−22 cm−2 s−1 sr−1 for DUNE.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)034Baryon/Lepton Number ViolationSpecific BSM Phenomenology
spellingShingle Pablo M. Candela
Valentin V. Khoze
Jessica Turner
Monopoles at future neutrino detectors
Journal of High Energy Physics
Baryon/Lepton Number Violation
Specific BSM Phenomenology
title Monopoles at future neutrino detectors
title_full Monopoles at future neutrino detectors
title_fullStr Monopoles at future neutrino detectors
title_full_unstemmed Monopoles at future neutrino detectors
title_short Monopoles at future neutrino detectors
title_sort monopoles at future neutrino detectors
topic Baryon/Lepton Number Violation
Specific BSM Phenomenology
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2025)034
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