Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna and INFN - Sezione di Bologna, viale C. Berti-Pichat, 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2019 Dec 30;377(2161):20190084. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0084. Epub 2019 Nov 11.
Neutrino telescopes are designed to search for neutrino sources in the Universe, exploiting the Cherenkov light emitted along the path of the charged particles produced in interactions occurring close to the detector volume. Their huge size and the shield offered by large water or ice overburden make them excellent tools to search for exotic and rare particles in the cosmic radiation. In particular, they are sensitive to particles not predicted by the Standard Model that could be messenger of new physics. An overview of the experimental scenario and the relevant results obtained looking for magnetic monopoles, dark matter candidates and other exotic relic particles with neutrino telescopes is given, together with the description of possible new perspectives. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Topological avatars of new physics'.
中微子望远镜旨在利用在靠近探测器体积的相互作用中产生的带电粒子的径迹中发射的切伦科夫光，来搜索宇宙中的中微子源。它们的巨大尺寸和大体积水或冰层提供的屏蔽，使它们成为在宇宙辐射中寻找奇异和罕见粒子的绝佳工具。特别是，它们对标准模型预测之外的粒子敏感，这些粒子可能是新物理的信使。本文概述了实验方案和利用中微子望远镜寻找磁单极子、暗物质候选者和其他奇异剩余粒子的相关结果，并描述了可能的新前景。本文是讨论会议主题“新物理的拓扑化身”的一部分。
