Abstract
In 2010 the MoEDAL experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was unanimously approved by CERN’s Research Board to start data taking in 2015. MoEDAL is a pioneering experiment designed to search for highly ionizing messengers of new physics such as magnetic monopoles or massive (pseudo-)stable charged particles. Its groundbreaking physics program defines a number of scenarios that yield potentially revolutionary insights into foundational questions. MoEDAL’s purpose is to meet such far-reaching challenges at the frontier of the field. The innovative MoEDAL detector is tuned to the prospect of discovery physics. The largely passive MoEDAL detector, deployed at Point 8 on the LHC ring, has a dual nature. First, it acts like a giant camera, comprised of nuclear track detectors - analyzed offline by ultra fast scanning microscopes – sensitive only to new physics. Second, it is uniquely able to trap the particle harbingers of new physics beyond the Standard Model for further study. MoEDAL’s radiation environment is monitored by a state-of-the-art real-time TimePix pixel detector array.
Highlights
In 2010, the CERN Research Board (RB) unanimously approved MoEDAL [1] to run in 2015 and take data at an energy of 14 TeV
The MoEDAL experiment is a groundbreaking experiment designed to search for Highly Ionizing Particle (HIP) avatars of new physics at the Terascale
The emphasis must fall on the search for new physics that heralds a deeper more fundamental theory, surpassing the Standard Model (SM)
Summary
In 2010, the CERN Research Board (RB) unanimously approved MoEDAL [1] to run in 2015 and take data at an energy of 14 TeV. The LHC provides an extraordinary new light at the high-energy frontier allowing direct exploration of the fundamental physical laws governing the evolution of the Universe just a fraction of a second after the Big Bang when particle energies were in the TeV range - the Terascale. The MoEDAL experiment is a groundbreaking experiment designed to search for Highly Ionizing Particle (HIP) avatars of new physics at the Terascale. EPJ Web of Conferences questions as: are there extra dimensions or new symmetries of nature; what is the mechanism for the generation of mass; does magnetic charge exist; what is the nature of dark matter; and, how did the Universe develop at the earliest times
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