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@article{The:2016:10.1007/JHEP08(2016)067,
author = {The, MC and Acharya, B and Alexandre, J and Bendtz, K and Benes, P and Bernabéu, J and Campbell, M and Cecchini, S and Chwastowski, J and Chatterjee, A and de, Montigny M and Derendarz, D and De, Roeck A and Ellis, JR and Fairbairn, M and Felea, D and Frank, M and Frekers, D and Garcia, C and Giacomelli, G and Hasegan, D and Kalliokoski, M and Katre, A and Kim, DW and King, MGL and Kinoshita, K and Lacarrère, DH and Lee, SC and Leroy, C and Lionti, A and Margiotta, A and Mauri, N and Mavromatos, NE and Mermod, P and Milstead, D and Mitsou, VA and Orava, R and Parker, B and Pasqualini, L and Patrizii, L and Pvlas, GE and Pinfold, JL and Platkevi, M and Popa, V and Pozzato, M and Pospisil, S and Rajantie, A and Sahnoun, Z and Sakellariadou, M and Sarkar, S and Semenoff, G and Sirri, G and Sliwa, K and Soluk, R and Spurio, M and Srivastava, YN and Staszewski, R and Suk, M and Swain, J and Tenti, M and Togo, V and Trzebinski, M and Tuszynski, JA and Vento, V and Vives, O and Vykydal, Z and},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP08(2016)067},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
title = {Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL prototype trapping detector in 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2016)067},
volume = {2016},
year = {2016}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - The MoEDAL experiment is designed to search for magnetic monopoles and other highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy collisions at the LHC. The largely passive MoEDAL detector, deployed at Interaction Point 8 on the LHC ring, relies on two dedicated direct detection techniques. The first technique is based on stacks of nucleartrack detectors with surface area ~18m2, sensitive to particle ionisation exceeding a high threshold. These detectors are analysed offline by optical scanning microscopes. The second technique is based on the trapping of charged particles in an array of roughly 800 kg of aluminium samples. These samples are monitored offline for the presence of trapped magnetic charge at a remote superconducting magnetometer facility. We present here the results of a search for magnetic monopoles using a 160 kg prototype MoEDAL trapping detector exposed to 8TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC, for an integrated luminosity of 0.75 fb–1. No magnetic charge exceeding 0:5gD (where gD is the Dirac magnetic charge) is measured in any of the exposed samples, allowing limits to be placed on monopole production in the mass range 100 GeV≤ m ≤ 3500 GeV. Model-independent cross-section limits are presented in fiducial regions of monopole energy and direction for 1gD ≤ |g| ≤ 6gD, and model-dependent cross-section limits are obtained for Drell-Yan pair production of spin-1/2 and spin-0 monopoles for 1gD ≤ |g| ≤ 4gD. Under the assumption of Drell-Yan cross sections, mass limits are derived for |g| = 2gD and |g| = 3gD for the first time at the LHC, surpassing the results from previous collider experiments.
AU - The,MC
AU - Acharya,B
AU - Alexandre,J
AU - Bendtz,K
AU - Benes,P
AU - Bernabéu,J
AU - Campbell,M
AU - Cecchini,S
AU - Chwastowski,J
AU - Chatterjee,A
AU - de,Montigny M
AU - Derendarz,D
AU - De,Roeck A
AU - Ellis,JR
AU - Fairbairn,M
AU - Felea,D
AU - Frank,M
AU - Frekers,D
AU - Garcia,C
AU - Giacomelli,G
AU - Hasegan,D
AU - Kalliokoski,M
AU - Katre,A
AU - Kim,DW
AU - King,MGL
AU - Kinoshita,K
AU - Lacarrère,DH
AU - Lee,SC
AU - Leroy,C
AU - Lionti,A
AU - Margiotta,A
AU - Mauri,N
AU - Mavromatos,NE
AU - Mermod,P
AU - Milstead,D
AU - Mitsou,VA
AU - Orava,R
AU - Parker,B
AU - Pasqualini,L
AU - Patrizii,L
AU - Pvlas,GE
AU - Pinfold,JL
AU - Platkevi,M
AU - Popa,V
AU - Pozzato,M
AU - Pospisil,S
AU - Rajantie,A
AU - Sahnoun,Z
AU - Sakellariadou,M
AU - Sarkar,S
AU - Semenoff,G
AU - Sirri,G
AU - Sliwa,K
AU - Soluk,R
AU - Spurio,M
AU - Srivastava,YN
AU - Staszewski,R
AU - Suk,M
AU - Swain,J
AU - Tenti,M
AU - Togo,V
AU - Trzebinski,M
AU - Tuszynski,JA
AU - Vento,V
AU - Vives,O
AU - Vykydal,Z
AU - Whyntie,T
AU - Widom,A
AU - Willems,G
AU - Yoon,JH
DO - 10.1007/JHEP08(2016)067
PY - 2016///
SN - 1126-6708
TI - Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL prototype trapping detector in 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC
T2 - Journal of High Energy Physics
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2016)067
VL - 2016
ER -