主页 > Search for highly-ionizing particles in $pp$ collisions at the LHC’s Run-1 using the prototype MoEDAL detector |
Article | |
Report number | arXiv:2112.05806 |
Title | Search for highly-ionizing particles in $pp$ collisions at the LHC’s Run-1 using the prototype MoEDAL detector |
Related title | Search for Highly-Ionizing Particles in pp Collisions at the LHC's Run-1 Using the Prototype MoEDAL Detector |
Author(s) |
Acharya, B. (King's Coll. London ; CERN ; ICTP, Trieste) ; Alexandre, J. (King's Coll. London ; CERN) ; Benes, P. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Bergmann, B. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Bertolucci, S. (INFN, Bologna) ; Bevan, A. (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Bhattacharyya, R. (INFN, Bologna ; CAPSS, Kolkata) ; 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 ; NICPB, Tallinn) ; Sawy, M. El (CERN ; Stanford U., Phys. Dept.) ; Fairbairn, M. (King's Coll. London ; CERN) ; Felea, D. (Bucharest, Inst. Space Science) ; Frank, M. (Concordia U., Montreal) ; Hays, J. (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Hirt, A.M. (ETH, Zurich (main)) ; Hung, P.Q. (Virginia U.) ; Janecek, J. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Kalliokoski, M. (Helsinki Inst. of Phys.) ; Korzenev, A. (Geneva U.) ; Lacarrère, D.H. (CERN) ; Leroy, C. (Montreal U.) ; Levi, G. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Lionti, A. (Geneva U.) ; Margiotta, A. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Maselek, R. (Warsaw U.) ; Maulik, A. (INFN, Bologna ; Alberta U.) ; Mauri, N. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Mavromatos, N.E. (King's Coll. London ; CERN ; Natl. Tech. U., Athens) ; Musumeci, E. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Mermod, P. ; Mieskolainen, M. (Helsinki U.) ; Millward, L. (Queen Mary, U. of London) ; Mitsou, V.A. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Orava, R. (Helsinki U.) ; Ostrovskiy, I. (Alabama U.) ; Ouimet, P.-P. (Regina U.) ; Papavassiliou, J. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Parker, B. (Kent U.) ; 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) ; de Austri, R. Ruiz (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Sahnoun, Z. (INFN, Bologna ; Unlisted, DZ) ; Sakellariadou, M. (King's Coll. London ; CERN) ; Sakurai, K. (Warsaw U.) ; Santra, A. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Sarkar, S. (King's Coll. London ; CERN) ; Semenoff, G. (British Columbia U.) ; Shaa, A. (Alberta U.) ; Sirri, G. (INFN, Bologna) ; Sliwa, K. (Tufts U.) ; Soluk, R. (Alberta U.) ; Spurio, M. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Staelens, M. (Alberta U.) ; Suk, M. (IEAP CTU, Prague) ; Tenti, M. (INFN, CNAF) ; Togo, V. (INFN, Bologna) ; Tuszynski, J.A. (Alberta U.) ; Upreti, A. (Alabama U.) ; Vento, V. (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Vives, O. (Valencia U., IFIC) |
Publication | 2022-08-10 |
Imprint | 2021-12-10 |
Number of pages | 16 |
In: | Eur. Phys. J. C 82 (2022) 694 |
DOI | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10608-2 |
Subject category | Particle Physics - Experiment |
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN LHC MOEDAL |
Abstract | A search for highly electrically charged objects (HECOs) and magnetic monopoles is presented using 2.2 fb-1 of p - p collision data taken at a centre of mass energy (ECM) of 8 TeV by the MoEDAL detector during LHC's Run-1. The data were collected using MoEDAL's prototype Nuclear Track Detector array and the Trapping Detector array. The results are interpreted in terms of Drell-Yan pair production of stable HECO and monopole pairs with three spin hypotheses (0, 1/2 and 1). The search provides constraints on the direct production of magnetic monopoles carrying one to four Dirac magnetic charges (4gD) and with mass limits ranging from 590 GeV/c^2 to 1 TeV/c^2. Additionally, mass limits are placed on HECOs with charge in the range 10e to 180e, where e is the charge of an electron, for masses between 30 GeV/c^2 and 1 TeV/c^2. |
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