Monopolium detection at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential for detecting monopolium, a bound state of magnetic monopoles, at the LHC through gamma-gamma collisions, focusing on specific mass ranges and experimental conditions.

Contribution

It extends previous analyses to assess the observability of monopolium at the LHC, providing quantitative predictions for detection prospects in gamma-gamma channels.

Findings

Monopolium could be produced abundantly at the LHC.

Detection is feasible for certain mass ranges with 1 fb^(-1) luminosity.

Gamma-gamma channel offers a promising detection method.

Abstract

Dirac monopoles have been widely studied and searched, though never found. A way out of this impasse is the idea that monopoles are not seen freely because they are confined by their strong magnetic forces forming a monopole-antimonopole bound state called monopolium. Monopolium was shown to be produced abundantly and in some scenarios easier to detect than monopoles themselves. The Large Hadron Collider is reaching energies never achieved before allowing the search for exotic particles in the TeV mass range. We extend our previous analysis to the observability of monopolium at LHC in the gamma-gamma channel particularizing our quantitative discussion to monopolium masses that can be detected with integrated luminosites 1 fb^(-1).