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Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the MoEDAL Forward Trapping Detector in 13 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC

Authors :
Yogendra N. Srivastava
James Pinfold
G. Sirri
Mariana Frank
Arttu Rajantie
M. Tenti
B. Parker
I.S. Zgura
S. Cecchini
Matti Kalliokoski
L. Pasqualini
L. Patrizii
Stephen B. Baines
D. Lacarrere
Stanislav Pospisil
D. Felea
V. Popa
A. Shaa
J. D. Swain
Claude Leroy
Benedikt Bergmann
John Ellis
J. Flores
V. Togo
Maurizio Spurio
Gordon W. Semenoff
N. Mauri
Annarita Margiotta
L. Caramete
Ann M. Hirt
M. de Montigny
Jean Alexandre
Z. Vykydal
Malcolm Fairbairn
Oscar Vives
Anthony Eric Lionti
Z. Sahnoun
H. Branzas
J. Janecek
K. Kinoshita
Mairi Sakellariadou
Jack A. Tuszynski
Bobby Samir Acharya
Akshay Katre
Jose Bernabeu
K. Sliwa
Tom Whyntie
Carmen García
Philippe Mermod
Sarben Sarkar
J.H. Yoon
A. Korzenev
D. W. Kim
M. Campbell
R. Soluk
D. Frekers
R. Orava
Guido Alexander Willems
Judita Mamuzic
Shih-Chang Lee
Michal Suk
Petr Beneš
Roberto Ruiz de Austri
Nikolaos Mavromatos
Vicente Vento
M. Pozzato
G.E. Păvălaş
Allan Widom
Vasiliki A Mitsou
A. De Roeck
Acharya, B.
Alexandre, J.
Baines, S.
Benes, P.
Bergmann, B.
Bernabéu, J.
Branzas, H.
Campbell, M.
Caramete, L.
Cecchini, S.
De Montigny, M.
De Roeck, A.
Ellis, J.R.
Fairbairn, M.
Felea, D.
Flores, J.
Frank, M.
Frekers, D.
Garcia, C.
Hirt, A.M.
Janecek, J.
Kalliokoski, M.
Katre, A.
Kim, D.-W.
Kinoshita, K.
Korzenev, A.
Lacarrère, D.H.
Lee, S.C.
Leroy, C.
Lionti, A.
Mamuzic, J.
Margiotta, A.
Mauri, N.
Mavromatos, N.E.
Mermod, P
Mitsou, V.A.
Orava, R.
Parker, B.
Pasqualini, L.
Patrizii, L.
Pǎvǎlaş, G.E.
Pinfold, J.L.
Popa, V.
Pozzato, M.
Pospisil, S.
Rajantie, A.
Ruiz De Austri, R.
Sahnoun, Z.
Sakellariadou, M.
Sarkar, S.
Semenoff, G.
Shaa, A.
Sirri, G.
Sliwa, K.
Soluk, R.
Spurio, M.
Srivastava, Y.N.
Suk, M.
Swain, J.
Tenti, M.
Togo, V.
Tuszyński, J.A.
Vento, V.
Vives, O.
Vykydal, Z.
Whyntie, T.
Widom, A.
Willems, G.
Yoon, J.H.
Zgura, I.S.
Acharya, B
Alexandre, J
Baines, S
Benes, P
Bergmann, B
Bernabéu, J
Branzas, H
Campbell, M
Caramete, L
Cecchini, S
De Montigny, M
De Roeck, A
Ellis, J
Fairbairn, M
Felea, D
Flores, J
Frank, M
Frekers, D
Garcia, C
Hirt, A
Janecek, J
Kalliokoski, M
Katre, A
Kim, D
Kinoshita, K
Korzenev, A
Lacarrère, D
Lee, S
Leroy, C
Lionti, A
Mamuzic, J
Margiotta, A
Mauri, N
Mavromatos, N
Mitsou, V
Orava, R
Parker, B
Pasqualini, L
Patrizii, L
Pǎvǎlaş, G
Pinfold, J
Popa, V
Pozzato, M
Pospisil, S
Rajantie, A
Ruiz De Austri, R
Sahnoun, Z
Sakellariadou, M
Sarkar, S
Semenoff, G
Shaa, A
Sirri, G
Sliwa, K
Soluk, R
Spurio, M
Srivastava, Y
Suk, M
Swain, J
Tenti, M
Togo, V
Tuszyński, J
Vento, V
Vives, O
Vykydal, Z
Whyntie, T
Widom, A
Willems, G
Yoon, J
Zgura, I
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Mitsou, Vasiliki A
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Department of Physics
Source :
Acharya, B, Alexandre, J, Baines, S, Benes, P, Bergmann, B, Bernabéu, J, Branzas, H, Campbell, M, Caramete, L, Cecchini, S, De Montigny, M, De Roeck, A, Ellis, J R, Fairbairn, M, Felea, D, Flores, J, Frank, M, Frekers, D, Garcia, C, Hirt, A M, Janecek, J, Kalliokoski, M, Katre, A, Kim, D W, Kinoshita, K, Korzenev, A, Lacarrère, D H, Lee, S C, Leroy, C, Lionti, A, Mamuzic, J, Margiotta, A, Mauri, N, Mavromatos, N E, Mermod, P, Mitsou, V A, Orava, R, Parker, B, Pasqualini, L, Patrizii, L, Pǎvǎlaş, G E, Pinfold, J L, Popa, V, Pozzato, M, Pospisil, S, Rajantie, A, Ruiz De Austri, R, Sahnoun, Z, Sakellariadou, M, Sarkar, S, Semenoff, G, Shaa, A, Sirri, G, Sliwa, K, Soluk, R, Spurio, M, Srivastava, Y N, Suk, M, Swain, J, Tenti, M, Togo, V, Tuszyński, J A, Vento, V, Vives, O, Vykydal, Z, Whyntie, T, Widom, A, Willems, G, Yoon, J H & Zgura, I S 2017, ' Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the MoEDAL Forward Trapping Detector in 13 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 118, no. 6, 061801 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.061801, Physical Review Letters
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
American Physical Society, 2017.

Abstract

MoEDAL is designed to identify new physics in the form of long-lived highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy LHC collisions. Its arrays of plastic nuclear-track detectors and aluminium trapping volumes provide two independent passive detection techniques. We present here the results of a first search for magnetic monopole production in 13 TeV proton-proton collisions using the trapping technique, extending a previous publication with 8 TeV data during LHC run-1. A total of 222 kg of MoEDAL trapping detector samples was exposed in the forward region and analysed by searching for induced persistent currents after passage through a superconducting magnetometer. Magnetic charges exceeding half the Dirac charge are excluded in all samples and limits are placed for the first time on the production of magnetic monopoles in 13 TeV $pp$ collisions. The search probes mass ranges previously inaccessible to collider experiments for up to five times the Dirac charge.<br />6 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00213640 and 0217751X
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Acharya, B, Alexandre, J, Baines, S, Benes, P, Bergmann, B, Bernabéu, J, Branzas, H, Campbell, M, Caramete, L, Cecchini, S, De Montigny, M, De Roeck, A, Ellis, J R, Fairbairn, M, Felea, D, Flores, J, Frank, M, Frekers, D, Garcia, C, Hirt, A M, Janecek, J, Kalliokoski, M, Katre, A, Kim, D W, Kinoshita, K, Korzenev, A, Lacarrère, D H, Lee, S C, Leroy, C, Lionti, A, Mamuzic, J, Margiotta, A, Mauri, N, Mavromatos, N E, Mermod, P, Mitsou, V A, Orava, R, Parker, B, Pasqualini, L, Patrizii, L, Pǎvǎlaş, G E, Pinfold, J L, Popa, V, Pozzato, M, Pospisil, S, Rajantie, A, Ruiz De Austri, R, Sahnoun, Z, Sakellariadou, M, Sarkar, S, Semenoff, G, Shaa, A, Sirri, G, Sliwa, K, Soluk, R, Spurio, M, Srivastava, Y N, Suk, M, Swain, J, Tenti, M, Togo, V, Tuszyński, J A, Vento, V, Vives, O, Vykydal, Z, Whyntie, T, Widom, A, Willems, G, Yoon, J H & Zgura, I S 2017, ' Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the MoEDAL Forward Trapping Detector in 13 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 118, no. 6, 061801 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.061801, Physical Review Letters
Accession number :
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