MoEDAL: Seeking magnetic monopoles and more at the LHC
Vasiliki A. Mitsou (the MoEDAL Collaboration)
TL;DR
The MoEDAL experiment at the LHC searches for magnetic monopoles and exotic particles using specialized detectors, aiming to explore physics beyond the Standard Model with a focus on detector status and future prospects.
Contribution
This paper reports on the current status and future prospects of the MoEDAL detector system designed to find magnetic monopoles and other exotic particles at the LHC.
Findings
Detector deployment status and performance
Prospects for LHC Run II searches
Potential to discover new physics beyond the Standard Model
Abstract
The MoEDAL experiment (Monopole and Exotics Detector at the LHC) is designed to directly search for magnetic monopoles and other highly ionising stable or metastable particles arising in various theoretical scenarios beyond the Standard Model. Its physics goals --largely complementary to the multi-purpose LHC detectors ATLAS and CMS-- are accomplished by the deployment of plastic nuclear track detectors combined with trapping volumes for capturing charged highly ionising particles and TimePix pixel devices for monitoring. This paper focuses on the status of the detectors and the prospects for LHC Run II.
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