Direct search for Dirac magnetic monopoles in ppˉp\bar{p} collisions at s=1.96\sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV

Collaboration
Sep, 2005
7 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 96 (2006) 201801
e-Print:
Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-05-444-E
Experiments:

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We search for pair-produced Dirac magnetic monopoles in 35.7 pb^-1 of proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). We find no monopole candidates corresponding to a 95% confidence-level cross-section limit sigma < 0.2 pb for a monopole with mass between 200 and 700 GeV/c^2. Assuming a Drell-Yan pair production mechanism, we set a mass limit m>360 GeV/c^2.
  • 13.85.Rm
  • 14.80.Hv
  • magnetic monopoles
  • proton-proton inclusive interactions
  • high-energy elementary particle interactions
  • anti-p p: colliding beams
  • magnetic monopole: search for
  • magnetic monopole: pair production
  • trigger
  • channel cross section: mass