| Article | |
| Report number | arXiv:2402.15682 |
| Title | MoEDAL search in the CMS beam pipe for magnetic monopoles produced via the Schwinger effect |
| Author(s) |
Acharya, B. (ICTP, Trieste ; King's Coll. London) ; Alexandre, J. (King's Coll. London) ; Behera, S.C. (Alabama U.) ; Benes, P. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Bergmann, B. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Bertolucci, S. (INFN, Bologna) ; Bevan, A. (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Brancaccio, R. (INFN, Bologna) ; Branzas, H. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Burian, P. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Campbell, M. (CERN) ; Cecchini, S. (INFN, Bologna) ; Cho, Y.M. (CQUeST, Seoul) ; de Montigny, M. (Alberta U.) ; De Roeck, A. (CERN) ; Ellis, J.R. (King's Coll. London ; CERN) ; Fairbairn, M. (King's Coll. London) ; Felea, D. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Frank, M. (Concordia U., Montreal) ; Gould, O. (Nottingham U.) ; Hays, J. (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Hirt, A.M. (ETH, Zurich (main)) ; Ho, D.L.-J. (Imperial Coll., London) ; Hung, P.Q. (Virginia U.) ; Janecek, J. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Kalliokoski, M. (Helsinki U.) ; Lacarrère, D.H. (CERN) ; Leroy, C. (Montreal U.) ; Levi, G. (INFN, Bologna) ; Margiotta, A. (INFN, Bologna) ; Maselek, R. (Warsaw U.) ; Maulik, A. (INFN, Bologna ; Alberta U.) ; Mauri, N. (INFN, Bologna) ; Mavromatos, N.E. (Natl. Tech. U., Athens ; King's Coll. London) ; Millward, L. (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Mitsou, V.A. (Natl. Tech. U., Athens ; Valencia U., IFIC) ; Musumeci, E. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Ostrovskiy, I. (Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys. ; Alabama U.) ; Ouimet, P.-P. (Saskatchewan U.) ; Papavassiliou, J. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Patrizii, L. (INFN, Bologna) ; Păvălaş, G.E. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Pinfold, J.L. (Alberta U.) ; Popa, L.A. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Popa, V. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Pozzato, M. (INFN, Bologna) ; Pospisil, S. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Rajantie, A. (Imperial Coll., London) ; de Austri, R. Ruiz (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Sahnoun, Z. (INFN, Bologna) ; Sakellariadou, M. (King's Coll. London) ; Sakurai, K. (Warsaw U.) ; Sarkar, S. (King's Coll. London) ; Semenoff, G. (British Columbia U.) ; Shaa, A. (Alberta U.) ; Sirri, G. (INFN, Bologna) ; Sliwa, K. (Tufts U.) ; Soluk, R. (Alberta U.) ; Spurio, M. (INFN, Bologna) ; Staelens, M. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Suk, M. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Tenti, M. (INFN, Bologna) ; Togo, V. (INFN, Bologna) ; Tuszyński, J.A. (Alberta U.) ; Upreti, A. (Alabama U.) ; Vento, V. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Vives, O. (Valencia U., IFIC) |
| Publication | 2024-08-15 |
| Imprint | 2024-02-23 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| In: | Phys. Rev. Lett. 133 (2024) 071803 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.071803 (publication) |
| Subject category | hep-ex ; Particle Physics - Experiment ; nucl-ex ; Nuclear Physics - Experiment |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN LHC MOEDAL |
| Abstract | We report on a search for magnetic monopoles (MMs) produced in ultraperipheral Pb--Pb collisions during Run-1 of the LHC. The beam pipe surrounding the interaction region of the CMS experiment was exposed to 184.07 µ b$^{-1}$ of Pb--Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV center-of-mass energy per collision in December 2011, before being removed in 2013. It was scanned by the MoEDAL experiment using a SQUID magnetometer to search for trapped MMs. No MM signal was observed. The two distinctive features of this search are the use of a trapping volume very close to the collision point and ultra-high magnetic fields generated during the heavy-ion run that could produce MMs via the Schwinger effect. These two advantages allowed setting the first reliable, world-leading mass limits on MMs with high magnetic charge. In particular, the established limits are the strongest available in the range between 2 and 45 Dirac units, excluding MMs with masses of up to 80 GeV at 95% confidence level. |
| Copyright/License | preprint: (License: arXiv nonexclusive-distrib 1.0) publication: © 2024 authors (License: CC BY 4.0) |
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