This Letter presents a search for highly ionizing magnetic monopoles in (Formula presented) of ultraperipheral (Formula presented) collision data at (Formula presented) collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. A new methodology that exploits the properties of clusters of hits reconstructed in the innermost silicon detector layers is introduced to study highly ionizing particles in heavy-ion data. No significant excess above the background, which is estimated using a data-driven technique, is observed. Using a nonperturbative semiclassical model, upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the cross section for pair production of monopoles with a single Dirac magnetic charge in the mass range of 20-150 GeV. Depending on the model, monopoles with a single Dirac magnetic charge and mass below 80-120 GeV are excluded.

Search for Magnetic Monopole Pair Production in Ultraperipheral (Formula presented) Collisions at (Formula presented) with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC / Aad, G., Aakvaag, E., Abbott, B., Abdelhameed, S., Abeling, K., Abicht, N.J., Abidi, S.H., Aboelela, M., Aboulhorma, A., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B.S., Ackermann, A., Adam Bourdarios, C., Adamczyk, L., Addepalli, S.V., Addison, M.J., Adelman, J., Adiguzel, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 134:6(2025). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.061803]

Search for Magnetic Monopole Pair Production in Ultraperipheral (Formula presented) Collisions at (Formula presented) with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC

Follega F. M.;Iuppa R.;
2025-01-01

Abstract

This Letter presents a search for highly ionizing magnetic monopoles in (Formula presented) of ultraperipheral (Formula presented) collision data at (Formula presented) collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. A new methodology that exploits the properties of clusters of hits reconstructed in the innermost silicon detector layers is introduced to study highly ionizing particles in heavy-ion data. No significant excess above the background, which is estimated using a data-driven technique, is observed. Using a nonperturbative semiclassical model, upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the cross section for pair production of monopoles with a single Dirac magnetic charge in the mass range of 20-150 GeV. Depending on the model, monopoles with a single Dirac magnetic charge and mass below 80-120 GeV are excluded.
2025
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Aad, G.; Aakvaag, E.; Abbott, B.; Abdelhameed, S.; Abeling, K.; Abicht, N. J.; Abidi, S. H.; Aboelela, M.; Aboulhorma, A.; Abramowicz, H.; Abreu, H.; ...espandi
Search for Magnetic Monopole Pair Production in Ultraperipheral (Formula presented) Collisions at (Formula presented) with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC / Aad, G., Aakvaag, E., Abbott, B., Abdelhameed, S., Abeling, K., Abicht, N.J., Abidi, S.H., Aboelela, M., Aboulhorma, A., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B.S., Ackermann, A., Adam Bourdarios, C., Adamczyk, L., Addepalli, S.V., Addison, M.J., Adelman, J., Adiguzel, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 134:6(2025). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.061803]
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