European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Aug 2022)
Search for highly-ionizing particles in pp collisions at the LHC’s Run-1 using the prototype MoEDAL detector
- B. Acharya,
- J. Alexandre,
- P. Benes,
- B. Bergmann,
- S. Bertolucci,
- A. Bevan,
- R. Bhattacharyya,
- H. Branzas,
- P. Burian,
- M. Campbell,
- S. Cecchini,
- Y. M. Cho,
- M. de Montigny,
- A. De Roeck,
- J. R. Ellis,
- M. El Sawy,
- M. Fairbairn,
- D. Felea,
- M. Frank,
- J. Hays,
- A. M. Hirt,
- P. Q. Hung,
- J. Janecek,
- M. Kalliokoski,
- A. Korzenev,
- D. H. Lacarrére,
- C. Leroy,
- G. Levi,
- A. Lionti,
- A. Margiotta,
- R. Maselek,
- A. Maulik,
- N. Mauri,
- N. E. Mavromatos,
- E. Musumeci,
- M. Mieskolainen,
- L. Millward,
- V. A. Mitsou,
- R. Orava,
- I. Ostrovskiy,
- P.-P. Ouimet,
- J. Papavassiliou,
- B. Parker,
- L. Patrizii,
- G. E. Păvălaş,
- J. L. Pinfold,
- L. A. Popa,
- V. Popa,
- M. Pozzato,
- S. Pospisil,
- A. Rajantie,
- R. Ruiz de Austri,
- Z. Sahnoun,
- M. Sakellariadou,
- K. Sakurai,
- A. Santra,
- S. Sarkar,
- G. Semenoff,
- A. Shaa,
- G. Sirri,
- K. Sliwa,
- R. Soluk,
- M. Spurio,
- M. Staelens,
- M. Suk,
- M. Tenti,
- V. Togo,
- J. A. Tuszyński,
- A. Upreti,
- V. Vento,
- O. Vives,
- MoEDAL COLLABORATION
Affiliations
- B. Acharya
- Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King’s College London
- J. Alexandre
- Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King’s College London
- P. Benes
- IEAP, Czech Technical University in Prague
- B. Bergmann
- IEAP, Czech Technical University in Prague
- S. Bertolucci
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- A. Bevan
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London
- R. Bhattacharyya
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- H. Branzas
- Institute of Space Science
- P. Burian
- IEAP, Czech Technical University in Prague
- M. Campbell
- Experimental Physics Department, CERN
- S. Cecchini
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- Y. M. Cho
- Center for Quantum Spacetime, Sogang University
- M. de Montigny
- Physics Department, University of Alberta
- A. De Roeck
- Experimental Physics Department, CERN
- J. R. Ellis
- Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King’s College London
- M. El Sawy
- Experimental Physics Department, CERN
- M. Fairbairn
- Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King’s College London
- D. Felea
- Institute of Space Science
- M. Frank
- Department of Physics, Concordia University
- J. Hays
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London
- A. M. Hirt
- Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- P. Q. Hung
- Department of Physics, University of Virginia
- J. Janecek
- IEAP, Czech Technical University in Prague
- M. Kalliokoski
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki
- A. Korzenev
- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- D. H. Lacarrére
- Experimental Physics Department, CERN
- C. Leroy
- Département de Physique, Université de Montréal
- G. Levi
- INFN, Section of Bologna and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna
- A. Lionti
- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève
- A. Margiotta
- INFN, Section of Bologna and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna
- R. Maselek
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw
- A. Maulik
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- N. Mauri
- INFN, Section of Bologna and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna
- N. E. Mavromatos
- Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King’s College London
- E. Musumeci
- IFIC, Universitat de València-CSIC
- M. Mieskolainen
- Physics Department, University of Helsinki
- L. Millward
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London
- V. A. Mitsou
- IFIC, Universitat de València-CSIC
- R. Orava
- Physics Department, University of Helsinki
- I. Ostrovskiy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- P.-P. Ouimet
- Physics Department, University of Regina
- J. Papavassiliou
- IFIC, Universitat de València-CSIC
- B. Parker
- Institute for Research in Schools
- L. Patrizii
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- G. E. Păvălaş
- Institute of Space Science
- J. L. Pinfold
- Physics Department, University of Alberta
- L. A. Popa
- Institute of Space Science
- V. Popa
- Institute of Space Science
- M. Pozzato
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- S. Pospisil
- IEAP, Czech Technical University in Prague
- A. Rajantie
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- R. Ruiz de Austri
- IFIC, Universitat de València-CSIC
- Z. Sahnoun
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- M. Sakellariadou
- Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King’s College London
- K. Sakurai
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw
- A. Santra
- IFIC, Universitat de València-CSIC
- S. Sarkar
- Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology Group, Physics Department, King’s College London
- G. Semenoff
- Department of Physics, University of British Columbia
- A. Shaa
- Physics Department, University of Alberta
- G. Sirri
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- K. Sliwa
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University
- R. Soluk
- Physics Department, University of Alberta
- M. Spurio
- INFN, Section of Bologna and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna
- M. Staelens
- Physics Department, University of Alberta
- M. Suk
- IEAP, Czech Technical University in Prague
- M. Tenti
- INFN, CNAF
- V. Togo
- INFN, Section of Bologna
- J. A. Tuszyński
- Physics Department, University of Alberta
- A. Upreti
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama
- V. Vento
- IFIC, Universitat de València-CSIC
- O. Vives
- IFIC, Universitat de València-CSIC
- MoEDAL COLLABORATION
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10608-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 82,
no. 8
pp. 1 – 16
Abstract
Abstract A search for highly electrically charged objects (HECOs) and magnetic monopoles is presented using 2.2 $$\hbox {fb}{^{-1}}$$ fb - 1 of $$p-p$$ p - p collision data taken at a centre of mass energy (E $$_{CM}$$ CM ) of 8 TeV by the MoEDAL detector during LHC’s Run-1. The data were collected using MoEDAL’s prototype Nuclear Track Detectord 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 and with mass limits ranging from 590 GeV/c $$^{2}$$ 2 to 1 TeV/c $$^{2}$$ 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 $$^{2}$$ 2 and 1 TeV/c $$^{2}$$ 2 .
