Search for highly ionizing particles in pp collisions during LHC Run 2 using the full MoWSl detector
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Journal Article
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 6.46 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 10e to 400e, 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.
and 1, uses for the first time the full MoEDAL detector, exposed to 6.46 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 10e to 400e, 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.
Date Issued
2025-02-21
Date Acceptance
2024-07-22
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2025, 134 (7)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
134
Issue
7
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Published by the American Physical Society Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40053963
Subjects
MAGNETIC MONOPOLES
MULTICHARGED PARTICLES
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Science & Technology
STOPPING-POWER
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
071802
Date Publish Online
2025-02-20