Search for Direc Magnetic Monopoles in e+e- Collisions with the OPAL Detector at LEP2
| dc.creator | The OPAL collaboration | |
| dc.date | 2007-07-03 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:41:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:41:24Z | |
| dc.description | This letter describes a direct search for pair produced magnetic monopoles in e+e- collisions. The analysis is based on 62.7 pb^-1 of data collected with the OPAL detector at an average centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s)= 206.3GeV. The monopole signal was assumed to be characterized by two back-to-back particles with an anomalously high ionization energy loss de/dx in the tracking chambers. No evidence for production of monopoles was observed. Upper limits were obtained on the magnetic monopole pair-production cross-section (sigma) in the mass range 45 GeV/c^2<m_M<102 GeV/c^2. The average limit is sigma < 0.05 pb and is essentially independent of the magnetic monopole mass. The cross-section limit is derived at the 95% confidence level and is valid for spin-1/2 magnetic monopoles. | |
| dc.description | 13 pages, 3 figures, Submitted to Phys. Letts. B | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.0404 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.0404 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Lett.B663:37-42,2008 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.03.057 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/200523 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Experiment | |
| dc.title | Search for Direc Magnetic Monopoles in e+e- Collisions with the OPAL Detector at LEP2 | |
| dc.type | text |