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Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL forward trapping detector in 2.11 fb −1 of 13 TeV proton–proton collisions at the LHC
L. PatriziiJohn EllisJohn EllisJohn EllisM. TentiArka SantraMairi SakellariadouD. LacarrereV. PopaGiuseppe LeviAdrian John BevanA. ShaaNick E. MavromatosStanislav PospisilCarmen GarcíaJose BernabeuM. PozzatoGordon W. SemenoffJ. D. SwainVicente VentoJames PinfoldG. SirriJonathan Michael HaysArttu RajantieMaurizio SpurioAnnarita MargiottaVasiliki A MitsouAllan WidomJack A. TuszynskiG.e. PăvălaşJean AlexandreH. BranzasJ. JanecekAnn M. HirtZ. VykydalV. TogoD. FeleaClaude LeroyBobby Samir AcharyaBobby Samir AcharyaAnthony Eric LiontiZ. SahnounB. ParkerPetr BenešSagari SarkarMichal SukYogendra N. SrivastavaL. CarameteMalcolm FairbairnPhilippe MermodI.s. ZguraS. CecchiniRisto OravaS. BainesM. De MontignyK. KinoshitaGuido Alexander WillemsA. KorzenevJudita MamuzicJ.h. YoonD. W. KimRoberto Ruiz De AustriI. OstrovskiyShih-chang LeeM. CampbellR. SolukA. De RoeckD. FrekersOscar VivesN. MauriBenedikt BergmannMariana FrankK. Sliwasubject
Particle physicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsProtonDirac (software)magnetic monopoleMagnetic monopoleFOS: Physical sciencesddc:500.2114 Physical sciences01 natural sciences7. Clean energyHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)0202 Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle And Plasma PhysicsHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)STOPPING-POWER0103 physical sciencesFIELD010306 general physicsParticle Physics - PhenomenologyPhysicsLuminosity (scattering theory)Large Hadron ColliderInteraction point010308 nuclear & particles physicshep-exDrell–Yan processCharge (physics)hep-phNuclear & Particles Physicslcsh:QC1-999High Energy Physics - Phenomenologylcsh:PhysicsParticle Physics - Experimentdescription
We update our previous search for trapped magnetic monopoles in LHC Run 2 using nearly six times more integrated luminosity and including additional models for the interpretation of the data. The MoEDAL forward trapping detector, comprising 222 kg of aluminium samples, was exposed to 2.11 fb−1 of 13 TeV proton–proton collisions near the LHCb interaction point and analysed by searching for induced persistent currents after passage through a superconducting magnetometer. Magnetic charges equal to the Dirac charge or above are excluded in all samples. The results are interpreted in Drell–Yan production models for monopoles with spins 0, 1/2 and 1: in addition to standard point-like couplings, we also consider couplings with momentum-dependent form factors. The search provides the best current laboratory constraints for monopoles with magnetic charges ranging from two to five times the Dirac charge.
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