Alexander Ekman
Doctoral student
Search for magnetic monopoles and stable particles with high electric charges in (Formula presented.) TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector
Author
Summary, in English
We present a search for magnetic monopoles and high-electric-charge objects using LHC Run (Formula presented.) TeV proton-proton collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector. A total integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 was collected by a specialized trigger. No highly ionizing particle candidate was observed. Considering the Drell-Yan and photon-fusion pair production mechanisms as benchmark models, cross-section upper limits are presented for spin-0 and spin-1/2 magnetic monopoles of magnetic charge 1gD and 2gD and for high-electric-charge objects of electric charge 20 ≤ |z| ≤ 100, for masses between 200 GeV and 4000 GeV. The search improves by approximately a factor of three the previous cross-section limits on the Drell-Yan production of magnetic monopoles and high-electric charge objects. Also, the first ATLAS limits on the photon-fusion pair production mechanism of magnetic monopoles and high-electric-charge objects are obtained. © The Author(s) 2023.
Department/s
- Particle and nuclear physics
- eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
Publishing year
2023
Language
English
Publication/Series
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2023
Issue
11
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Subatomic Physics
Keywords
- Beyond Standard Model
- Exotics
- Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1029-8479