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Monopole Production Cross Section $-$ Accelerator Searches

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${}^{}\mathrm {Pb}{}^{}\mathrm {Pb}$

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$ \text{<4 E-41} $

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$1 - 2$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

ATLS

$ \text{<4 E-38} $

$590 - 1000$

$1 - 4$

$8000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<2 E-29} $

$0 - 70$

$1 - 3$

$5020$

${}^{}\mathrm {Pb}{}^{}\mathrm {Pb}$

INDU

$ \text{<3 E-38} $

$750 - 1910$

$1 - 5$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<1.3E-40} $

$200 - 4000$

$1$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

ATLS

$ \text{<5.6E-40} $

$500 - 4000$

$2$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

ATLS

$ $

$200 - 5000$

$2$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ $

$200 - 5000$

$1$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<2.5E-37} $

$200 - 6000$

$1$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<2E-37} $

$200 - 6000$

$2$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<4E-37} $

$200 - 5000$

$3$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<1.5E-36} $

$400 - 4000$

$4$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<7E-36} $

$1000 - 3000$

$5$

$13000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<5E-40} $

$200 - 2500$

$0.5 - 2.0$

$8000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

ATLS

$ \text{<2E-37} $

$100 - 3500$

$1$

$8000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<2E-37} $

$100 - 3500$

$2$

$8000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<6E-37} $

$500 - 3000$

$3$

$8000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<7E-36} $

$1000 - 2000$

$4$

$8000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<1.6E-38} $

$200 - 1200$

$1$

$7000$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

ATLS

$ \text{<5E-38} $

$45 - 102$

$1$

$206$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

OPAL

$ \text{<0.2E-36} $

$200 - 700$

$1$

$1960$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

CNTR

$ \text{< 2.E-36} $

$1$

$300$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{< 0.2 E-36} $

$2$

$300$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{< 0.09E-36} $

$3$

$300$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{< 0.05E-36} $

${}\geq{}$6

$300$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{< 2.E-36} $

$1$

$300$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{< 0.2E-36} $

$2$

$300$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{< 0.07E-36} $

$3$

$300$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{< 0.06E-36} $

${}\geq{}$6

$300$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<0.6E-36} $

>265

$1$

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

INDU

$ \text{<0.2E-36} $

>355

$2$

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

INDU

$ \text{<0.07E-36} $

>410

$3$

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

INDU

$ \text{<0.2E-36} $

>375

$6$

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

INDU

$ \text{<0.7E-36} $

>295

$1$

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

INDU

$ \text{<7.8E-36} $

>260

$2$

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

INDU

$ \text{<2.3E-36} $

>325

$3$

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

INDU

$ \text{<0.11E-36} $

>420

$6$

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

INDU

$ \text{<0.65E-33} $

<3.3

${}\geq{}$2

11$\mathit A$

${}^{197}\mathrm {Au}$

$ \text{<1.90E-33} $

<8.1

${}\geq{}$2

160$\mathit A$

${}^{208}\mathrm {Pb}$

$ \text{<3.E-37} $

<45.0

$1.0$

$88 - 94$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<3.E-37} $

<41.6

$2.0$

$88 - 94$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<7.E-35} $

<44.9

$0.2 - 1.0$

$89 - 93$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<2.E-34} $

<850

${}\geq{}$0.5

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<1.2E-33} $

<800

${}\geq{}$1

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<1.E-37} $

<29

$1$

50$-$61

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<1.E-37} $

<18

$2$

50$-$61

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<1.E-38} $

<17

<1

$35$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<8.E-37} $

<24

$1$

50$-$52

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<1.3E-35} $

<22

$2$

50$-$52

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<9.E-37} $

<4

<0.15

$10.6$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

CLEO

$ \text{<3.E-32} $

<800

${}\geq{}$1

$1800$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<3.E-38} $

<3

$29$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<1.E-31} $

1,3

$540$

${{\mathit p}}{{\overline{\mathit p}}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<4.E-38} $

<10

<6

$34$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<8.E-36} $

<20

$52$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<9.E-37} $

<30

<3

$29$

${{\mathit e}^{+}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<1.E-37} $

<20

<24

$63$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<1.E-37} $

<30

<3

$56$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

PLAS

$ $

$62$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

SPRK

$ \text{<4.E-33} $

$300$

${{\mathit p}}$

SPRK

$ \text{<1.E-40} $

<5

<2

$70$

${{\mathit p}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<2.E-30} $

$300$

${{\mathit n}}$

OSPK

$ \text{<1.E-38} $

$8$

${{\mathit \nu}}$

HLBC

$ \text{<5.E-43} $

<12

<10

$400$

${{\mathit p}}$

INDU

$ \text{<2.E-36} $

<30

<3

$60$

${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit p}}$

PLAS

$ \text{<5.E-42} $

<13

<24

$400$

${{\mathit p}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<6.E-42} $

<12

<24

$300$

${{\mathit p}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<2.E-36} $

$1$

$0.001$

${{\mathit \gamma}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<1.E-41} $

<5

$70$

${{\mathit p}}$

EMUL

$ \text{<1.E-40} $

<3

<2

$28$

${{\mathit p}}$

EMUL

$ \text{<2.E-40} $

<3

<2

$30$

${{\mathit p}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<1.E-35} $

<3

<4

$28$

${{\mathit p}}$

CNTR

$ \text{<2.E-35} $

<1

$1$

$6$

${{\mathit p}}$

EMUL

¹	ACHARYA 2024 search for monopoles produced by the Schwinger mechanism. Results are model dependent.

²	AAD 2023CO limits given for monopoles pair produced via a Drell-Yan or photon-fusion mechanism. Spins 1/2 and 0 are considered. The quoted limit is representative of the lowest values that were achieved.

³

ACHARYA 2022A give limits for monopoles pair-produced via a Drell-Yan production. Spins 0, 1/2, and 1 are considered. The cross section limit is representative of the lowest values that were achieved. The experiment used a combination of nuclear track detectors to look evidence of passing monopoles and a SQUID magnetometer to look for stopped monopoles.

⁴

ACHARYA 2022B achieved limits on monopole (point-like included) production via the Schwinger mechanism in ${}^{}\mathrm {Pb}-{}^{}\mathrm {Pb}$ collisions at 5.02 TeV centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair. The upper cross section limit value quoted here is representative of the lowest values achieved.

⁵

ACHARYA 2021 search for dyons at LHC. Using a production model limits (we report the lowest) are set for dyons with magnetic charge up to 5 gD, electric charges up to 200 e and spins 0, 1/2, 1. The corresponding mass limits for magnetic monopoles are in the range $870 - 2040$ GeV for magnetic charges in the same range.

⁶	AAD 2020G give limits for Drell-Yan production with spin-0 and spin-1/2 monopoles. The above limit is for spin = 0 at mass = 3 TeV.

⁷	ACHARYA 2019B limits both ${{\mathit \beta}}$-dependent and ${{\mathit \beta}}$-independent on monopoles with spins 0, 1/2, and 1 and with magnetic charges ranging from one to five times the Dirac charge in mass ranges between 200 GeV and 5000 GeV.

⁸	ACHARYA 2018A provide limits on monopoles with spins 0, 1/2, and 1 and with magnetic charges ranging from two to five times the Dirac charge.

⁹	The search was sensitive to monopoles which had stopped in aluminium trapping volumes. Monopoles with spins 0 and 1/2 were considered; mass-dependent spin 1/2 monopole limits are quoted here.

¹⁰	AAD 2016AB model-independent 95$\%$ CL limits estimated using a fiducial region of approximately constant acceptance. Limits are mass-dependent.

¹¹	ACHARYA 2016 limits at 95$\%$ CL estimated using a Drell-Yan-like production mechanism for scalar monopoles.

¹²	AAD 2012CS searched for monopoles as highly ionising objects. The cross section limits are based on an assumed Drell Yan-like production process for spin 1/2 monopoles. The limits are mass- and scenario-dependent.

¹³

ABBIENDI 2008 assume production of spin 1/2 monopoles with effective charge $\mathit g\beta $ (n=1), via ${{\mathit e}^{+}}$ ${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit \gamma}^{*}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit M}}{{\overline{\mathit M}}}$, so that the cross section is proportional to (1 + cos $^2\theta $). There is no $\mathit z$ information for such highly saturated tracks, so a parabolic track in the jet chamber is projected onto the $\mathit xy$ plane. Charge per hit in the chamber produces a clean separation of signal and background.

¹⁴	ABULENCIA 2006K searches for high-ionizing signals in CDF central outer tracker and time-of-flight detector. For Drell-Yan ${{\mathit M}}{{\overline{\mathit M}}}$ production, the cross section limit implies ${{\mathit M}}$ $>$ 360 GeV at 95$\%$ CL.

¹⁵	AKTAS 2005A model-dependent limits as a function of monopole mass shown for arbitrary mass of 60 GeV. Based on search for stopped monopoles in the H1 Al beam pipe.

¹⁶	AKTAS 2005A limits with assumed elastic spin 0 monopole pair production.

¹⁷	AKTAS 2005A limits with assumed inelastic spin 1/2 monopole pair production.

¹⁸

KALBFLEISCH 2004 reports searches for stopped magnetic monopoles in ${}^{}\mathrm {Be}$, ${}^{}\mathrm {Al}$, and ${}^{}\mathrm {Pb}$ samples obtained from discarded material from the upgrading of ${D0}$ and CDF. A large-aperture warm-bore cryogenic detector was used. The approach was an extension of the methods of KALBFLEISCH 2000. Cross section results moderately model dependent; interpretation as a mass lower limit depends on possibly invalid perturbation expansion.

¹⁹	KALBFLEISCH 2000 used an induction method to search for stopped monopoles in pieces of the ${D0}$ (FNAL) beryllium beam pipe and in extensions to the drift chamber aluminum support cylinder. Results are model dependent.

²⁰	KALBFLEISCH 2000 result is for aluminum.

²¹	KALBFLEISCH 2000 result is for beryllium.

²²	HE 1997 used a lead target and barium phosphate glass detectors. Cross-section limits are well below those predicted via the Drell-Yan mechanism.

²³	This work has also been reinterpreted in the framework of monopole production via the thermal Schwinger process (GOULD 2017); this gives rise to lower mass limits.

²⁴	Multiphoton events.

²⁵	Cherenkov radiation polarization.

²⁶	Re-examines CERN neutrino experiments.

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