| Article | |
| Report number | arXiv:2311.06509 |
| Title | Search for Highly-Ionizing Particles in pp Collisions During LHC Run-2 Using the Full MoEDAL Detector Search for Highly Ionizing Particles in Collisions during LHC Run 2 Using the Full MoEDAL Detector |
| Author(s) |
Acharya, B. (King's Coll. London) ; Alexandre, J. (King's Coll. London) ; 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 ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; 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) ; 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 Inst. of Phys.) ; Lacarrère, D.H. (CERN) ; Leroy, C. (Montreal U.) ; Levi, G. (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Margiotta, A. (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Maselek, R. (LPSC, Grenoble ; Warsaw U.) ; Maulik, A. (INFN, Bologna ; Alberta U.) ; Mauri, N. (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Mavromatos, N.E. (King's Coll. London) ; Mieskolainen, M. (Helsinki U.) ; Millward, L. (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Mitsou, V.A. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Mukhopadhyay, A. (Alberta U.) ; Musumeci, E. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Ostrovskiy, I. (Alabama U.) ; Ouimet, P.-P. (Saskatchewan U.) ; Papavassiliou, J. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Patrizii, L. (INFN, Bologna) ; Pavalas, 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) ; Ruiz de Austri, R. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Sahnoun, Z. (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; 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 ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Staelens, M. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Suk, M. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Tenti, M. (INFN, Bologna) ; Togo, V. (INFN, Bologna) ; Tuszynski, J.A. (Alberta U.) ; Upreti, A. (Alabama U.) ; Vento, V. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Vives, O. (Valencia U., IFIC) |
| Publication | 2025-02-20 |
| Imprint | 2023-11-11 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| In: | Phys. Rev. Lett. 134 (2025) 7 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.071802 (publication) |
| Subject category | hep-ph ; Particle Physics - Phenomenology ; hep-ex ; Particle Physics - Experiment |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN LHC ; MOEDAL |
| Abstract | This search for Magnetic Monopoles (MMs) and High Electric Charge Objects (HECOs) with spins 0, 1/2 and 1, uses for the first time the full MoEDAL detector, exposed to 6.6 fb^-1 proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV. The results are interpreted in terms of Drell-Yan and photon-fusion pair production. Mass limits on direct production of MMs of up to 10 Dirac magnetic charges and HECOs with electric charge in the range 5e to 350e were achieved. The charge limits placed on MM and HECO production are currently the strongest in the world. MoEDAL is the only LHC experiment capable of being directly calibrated for highly-ionizing particles using heavy ions and with a detector system dedicated to definitively measuring magnetic charge. |
| Copyright/License | preprint: (License: arXiv nonexclusive-distrib 1.0) publication: © 2025 authors (License: CC BY 4.0), sponsored by SCOAP³ |
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