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Here the status of the searches for ``classical Dirac'' Magnetic Monopoles (MMs) at accelerators and for GUT MMs in the cosmic radiation is discussed. We present recent analysis for ``classical Dirac'' monopoles at accelerators and the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Cozzi

This study presents a novel search for magnetic monopoles using data collected over a 14 year period (2008-2022) by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The interaction of magnetic monopoles with matter was modeled according to Kazama, Yang, and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-02 A. Albert , S. Alves , M. André , M. Ardid , S. Ardid , J. -J. Aubert , J. Aublin , B. Baret , S. Basa , Y. Becherini , B. Belhorma , F. Benfenati , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , J. Boumaaza , M. Bouta , M. C. Bouwhuis , H. Branzas , R. Bruijn , J. Brunner , J. Busto , B. Caiffi , D. Calvo , S. Campion , A. Capone , F. Carenini , J. Carr , V. Carretero , T. Cartraud , S. Celli , L. Cerisy , M. Chabab , R. Cherkaoui El Moursli , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , J. A. B. Coelho , A. Coleiro , R. Coniglione , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , A. F. Dìaz , B. De Martino , C. Distefano , I. Di Palma , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , A. Eddymaoui , T. van Eeden , D. van Eijk , S. El Hedri , N. El Khayati , A. Enzenhöfer , P. Fermani , G. Ferrara , F. Filippini , L. Fusco , S. Gagliardini , J. Garcìa-Méndez , C. Gatius Oliver , P. Gay , N. Geisselbrecht , H. Glotin , R. Gozzini , R. Gracia Ruiz , K. Graf , C. Guidi , L. Haegel , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , L. Hennig , J. J. Hernàndez-Rey , J. Hössl , F. Huang , G. Illuminati , B. Jisse-Jung , M. de Jong , P. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , U. Katz , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , M. Lamoureux , A. Lazo , D. Lefèvre , E. Leonora , G. Levi , S. Le Stum , S. Loucatos , J. Manczak , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , A. Marinelli , J. A. Martìnez-Mora , P. Migliozzi , A. Moussa , R. Muller , S. Navas , E. Nezri , B. 'O Fearraigh , E. Oukacha , A. M. Paun , G. E. Pavalas , S. Pena-Martìnez , M. Perrin-Terrin , P. Piattelli , C. Poirè , V. Popa , T. Pradier , N. Randazzo , D. Real , G. Riccobene , A. Romanov , A. Sànchez Losa , A. Saina , F. Salesa Greus , D. F. E. Samtleben , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , F. Schüssler , J. Seneca , M. Spurio , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , Y. Tayalati , B. Vallage , G. Vannoye , V. Van Elewyck , S. Viola , D. Vivolo , J. Wilms , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zegarelli , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúniga

This paper describes an experimental search for GUT magnetic monopoles in the MACRO experiment using the nuclear track subdetector CR39. After discussing the working principle, the charge resolution and the calibration of the detector, the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Giorgini

In this lecture notes will be discussed the status of the searches (i) for classical Dirac Magnetic Monopoles (MMs) at accelerators, (ii) for GUT superheavy MMs in the penetrating cosmic radiation and (iii) for Intermediate Mass MMs in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Giacomelli , L. Patrizii

Various extensions of the Standard Model motivate the existence of stable magnetic monopoles that could have been created during an early high-energy epoch of the Universe. These primordial magnetic monopoles would be gradually accelerated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-22 IceCube Collaboration , M. G. Aartsen , K. Abraham , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , M. Ahrens , D. Altmann , T. Anderson , I. Ansseau , M. Archinger , C. Arguelles , T. C. Arlen , J. Auffenberg , X. Bai , S. W. Barwick , V. Baum , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , K. -H. Becker , E. Beiser , P. Berghaus , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , A. Bernhard , D. Z. Besson , G. Binder , D. Bindig , M. Bissok , E. Blaufuss , J. Blumenthal , D. J. Boersma , C. Bohm , M. Börner , F. Bos , D. Bose , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Braun , L. Brayeur , H. -P. Bretz , N. Buzinsky , J. Casey , M. Casier , E. Cheung , D. Chirkin , A. Christov , K. Clark , L. Classen , S. Coenders , D. F. Cowen , A. H. Cruz Silva , J. Daughhetee , J. C. Davis , M. Day , J. P. A. M. de André , C. De Clercq , E. del Pino Rosendo , H. Dembinski , S. De Ridder , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , M. de With , T. DeYoung , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , V. di Lorenzo , J. P. Dumm , M. Dunkman , B. Eberhardt , T. Ehrhardt , B. Eichmann , S. Euler , P. A. Evenson , S. Fahey , A. R. Fazely , J. Feintzeig , J. Felde , K. Filimonov , C. Finley , T. Fischer-Wasels , S. Flis , C. -C. Fösig , T. Fuchs , T. K. Gaisser , R. Gaior , J. Gallagher , L. Gerhardt , K. Ghorbani , D. Gier , L. Gladstone , M. Glagla , T. Glüsenkamp , A. Goldschmidt , G. Golup , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Góra , D. Grant , Z. Griffith , A. Groß , C. Ha , C. Haack , A. Haj Ismail , A. Hallgren , F. Halzen , E. Hansen , B. Hansmann , K. Hanson , D. Hebecker , D. Heereman , K. Helbing , R. Hellauer , S. Hickford , J. Hignight , G. C. Hill , K. D. Hoffman , R. Hoffmann , K. Holzapfel , A. Homeier , K. Hoshina , F. Huang , M. Huber , W. Huelsnitz , P. O. Hulth , K. Hultqvist , S. In , A. Ishihara , E. Jacobi , G. S. Japaridze , M. Jeong , K. Jero , M. Jurkovic , A. Kappes , T. Karg , A. Karle , M. Kauer , A. Keivani , J. L. Kelley , J. Kemp , A. Kheirandish , J. Kiryluk , J. Kläs , S. R. Klein , G. Kohnen , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , R. Konietz , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , S. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , K. Krings , G. Kroll , M. Kroll , G. Krückl , J. Kunnen , N. Kurahashi , T. Kuwabara , M. Labare , J. L. Lanfranchi , M. J. Larson , M. Lesiak-Bzdak , M. Leuermann , J. Leuner , L. Lu , J. Lünemann , J. Madsen , G. Maggi , K. B. M. Mahn , M. Mandelartz , R. Maruyama , K. Mase , H. S. Matis , R. Maunu , F. McNally , K. Meagher , M. Medici , A. Meli , T. Menne , G. Merino , T. Meures , S. Miarecki , E. Middell , L. Mohrmann , T. Montaruli , R. Morse , R. Nahnhauer , U. Naumann , G. Neer , H. Niederhausen , S. C. Nowicki , D. R. Nygren , A. Obertacke Pollmann , A. Olivas , A. Omairat , A. O'Murchadha , T. Palczewski , H. Pandya , D. V. Pankova , L. Paul , J. A. Pepper , C. Pérez de los Heros , C. Pfendner , D. Pieloth , E. Pinat , J. Posselt , P. B. Price , G. T. Przybylski , J. Pütz , M. Quinnan , C. Raab , L. Rädel , M. Rameez , K. Rawlins , R. Reimann , M. Relich , E. Resconi , W. Rhode , M. Richman , S. Richter , B. Riedel , S. Robertson , M. Rongen , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , D. Ryckbosch , L. Sabbatini , H. -G. Sander , A. Sandrock , J. Sandroos , S. Sarkar , K. Schatto , F. Scheriau , M. Schimp , T. Schmidt , M. Schmitz , S. Schoenen , S. Schöneberg , A. Schönwald , L. Schulte , L. Schumacher , D. Seckel , S. Seunarine , D. Soldin , M. Song , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , M. Stahlberg , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , A. Stasik , A. Steuer , T. Stezelberger , R. G. Stokstad , A. Stößl , R. Ström , N. L. Strotjohann , G. W. Sullivan , M. Sutherland , H. Taavola , I. Taboada , J. Tatar , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , G. Tešić , S. Tilav , P. A. Toale , M. N. Tobin , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , M. Tselengidou , A. Turcati , E. Unger , M. Usner , S. Vallecorsa , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , S. Vanheule , J. van Santen , J. Veenkamp , M. Vehring , M. Voge , M. Vraeghe , C. Walck , A. Wallace , M. Wallraff , N. Wandkowsky , Ch. Weaver , C. Wendt , S. Westerhoff , B. J. Whelan , K. Wiebe , C. H. Wiebusch , L. Wille , D. R. Williams , H. Wissing , M. Wolf , T. R. Wood , K. Woschnagg , D. L. Xu , X. W. Xu , Y. Xu , J. P. Yanez , G. Yodh , S. Yoshida , M. Zoll

Magnetic monopoles with masses up to $10^{14}$ GeV can be accelerated to relativistic velocities in Galactic and intergalactic magnetic fields. The cosmic flux of relativistic monopoles is constrained by various experiments, with the limits…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-21 Daniele Perri , Michele Doro , Takeshi Kobayashi

A search for magnetic monopoles and high-electric-charge objects is presented using 34.4 fb$^{-1}$ of 13 TeV $pp$ collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC during 2015 and 2016. The considered signature is based upon high…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-02-10 ATLAS Collaboration

Solid state breakdown counters combine threshold properties of nuclear track detectors with the convenience of electronic event registration in real time. Here we discuss the principle of operation of the breakdown counters and their…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-22 Igor Ostrovskiy , James Pinfold

Magnetic monopoles are predicted in various unified gauge models and could be produced at intermediate mass scales. Their detection in a neutrino telescope is facilitated by the large amount of light emitted compared to that from muons.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-30 ANTARES Collaboration , S. Adrián-Martínez , J. A. Aguilar , I. Al Samarai , A. Albert , M. André , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , A. C. Assis Jesus , T. Astraatmadja , J-J. Aubert , B. Baret , S. Basa , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , C. Bigongiari , C. Bogazzi , M. Bou-Cabo , B. Bouhou , M. C. Bouwhuis , J. Brunner , J. Busto , F. Camarena , A. Capone , C. Cârloganu , G. Carminati , J. Carr , S. Cecchini , Z. Charif , Ph. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , C. Curtil , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , A. Enzenhöfer , J-P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , P. Fermani , M. Ferri , V. Flaminio , F. Folger , U. Fritsch , J-L. Fuda , S. Galatà , P. Gay , G. Giacomelli , V. Giordano , J. P. Gómez-González , K. Graf , G. Guillard , G. Halladjian , G. Hallewell , H. van Haren , J. Hartman , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hößl , C. C. Hsu , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , O. Kavatsyuk , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , P. Lamare , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , D. Lefèvre , G. Lim , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martínez-Mora , A. Meli , T. Montaruli , M. Morganti , L. Moscoso , H. Motz , M. Neff , E. Nezri , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Păvălaş , K. Payet , P. Payre , J. Petrovic , P. Piattelli , N. Picot-Clemente , V. Popa , T. Pradier , E. Presani , C. Racca , C. Reed , G. Riccobene , C. Richardt , R. Richter , C. Rivière , A. Robert , K. Roensch , A. Rostovtsev , J. Ruiz-Rivas , M. Rujoiu , G. V. Russo , F. Salesa , P. Sapienza , F. Schöck , J-P. Schuller , F. Schüssler , T. Seitz , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , A. Spies , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , A. Sánchez-Losa , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , S. Toscano , B. Vallage , V. Van Elewyck , G. Vannoni , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , S. Wagner , G. Wijnker , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

The Tevatron has inspired new interest in the subject of magnetic monopoles. First there was the 1998 D0 limit on the virtual production of monopoles, based on the theory of Ginzberg and collaborators. In 2000 the first results from an…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Kimball A. Milton , George R. Kalbfleisch , Wei Luo , Leonard Gamberg

The MoEDAL experiment at Point 8 of the LHC ring is the seventh and newest LHC experiment. It is dedicated to the search for highly ionizing particle avatars of physics beyond the Standard Model, extending significantly the discovery…

Data taking at the LHC is the beginning of a new era in particle physics which will lead us towards understanding the completion of the Standard Model at and beyond the TeV scale. I discuss different approaches to new physics searches:…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-02-28 Tilman Plehn

Magnetic monopoles have been a subject of interest since Dirac established the relation between the existence of a monopole and charge quantization. 't Hooft and Polyakov proved that they can arise from gauge theories as the result of a non…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-05-05 Vicente Vento , Valentina Sarti Mantovani

This talk explores the possibility that the Universe may be populated with relic magnetic monopoles. Observations of galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields, lead to the conclusion that monopoles of mass < 10^{14} GeV are accelerated in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Stuart D. Wick , Thomas W. Kephart , Thomas J. Weiler

A model of monopolium is constructed based on an electromagnetic dual formulation of Zwanziger and lattice gauge theory. To cope with the strong coupling nature of the magnetic charge, for which the monopole is confined, $ U(1) $ lattice…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-12-30 Neil D. Barrie , Akio Sugamoto , Kimiko Yamashita

The existence of magnetic monopoles, also predicted in some GUT theories, would symmetrise Maxwell equations and explain the charge quantisation. Searches for them are being performed in cosmic telescopes as well as in collider experiments,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-02-06 Vasiliki A. Mitsou

This search for Magnetic Monopoles (MMs) and High Electric Charge Objects (HECOs) with spins 0, 1/2 and 1, uses for the first time the full MoEDAL detector, exposed to 6.6 fb^-1 proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV. The results are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-02-24 MoEDAL Collaboration

Numerous and all unsuccessful attempts of experimental search for monopole in cosmic rays and on accelerators in high energy particle collisions have been done since the possibility of existence of a magnetic monopole has been surveyed in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Ianovski , I. V. Kolokolov , P. V. Vorob'ev

In the grand tapestry of Physics, the magnetic monopole is a holy grail. Therefore, numerous efforts are underway in search of this hypothetical particle at CMS, ATLAS and MoEDAL experiments of LHC by employing different production…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-18 Ijaz Ahmed , Sidra Swalheen , Mansoor Ur Rehman , Rimsha Tariq