The milliQan experiment: search for milli-charged particles at the LHC

TL;DR

The milliQan experiment searches for millicharged particles at the LHC using a novel, low-cost detector installed alongside CMS, aiming to shed light on charge quantization and potential new physics.

Contribution

This paper introduces a new low-cost detector prototype for millicharged particles and presents initial data analysis from the 2018 run at the LHC.

Findings

Initial data analysis underway

Prototype detector successfully installed at LHC

Potential hints of millicharged particles under investigation

Abstract

Charge quantization has always been enigmatic. Theoretically, Millicharged particles can be an answer. The use of existing detectors, without affecting their initial mandate, is a very promising low cost new physics detector for millicharged particles. The Milliqan collaboration has installed a 1/100th version of the full detector at LHC point 5 in CMS. Data collected in 2018 is now under investigation/analysis. Some results are presented in this paper.