Monopolium production from photon fusion at the Large Hadron Collider

TL;DR

This paper investigates the production of monopolium, a bound state of magnetic monopoles, via photon fusion at the LHC, proposing it as an indirect signature for magnetic monopoles which are otherwise difficult to detect.

Contribution

The study extends previous work by analyzing monopolium production through photon fusion at LHC energies, providing new insights into potential detection methods.

Findings

Monopolium can be produced via photon fusion at the LHC.

Photon fusion is a viable process for monopolium production.

Results suggest monopolium detection could indicate magnetic monopoles.

Abstract

Magnetic monopoles have attracted the attention of physicists since the founding of the electromagnetic theory. Their search has been a constant endeavor which was intensified when Dirac established the relation between the existence of monopoles and charge quantization. However, these searches have been unsuccessful. We have recently proposed that monopolium, a monopole-antimonopole bound state, so strongly bound that it has a relatively small mass, could be easier to find and become an indirect but clear signature for the existence of magnetic monopoles. In here we extend our previous analysis for its production to two photon fusion at LHC energies.