The MoEDAL-LHC Experiment - Searching for Magnetic Charge and Massive Stable Particles at the LHC

por James Pinfold (University of Alberta, Canada)

miércoles 15 feb. 2012 12:00 → 13:00 Europe/Madrid

Sala Seminarios (Dpto. de Física Teórica (UVEG))

The MoEDAL experiment is the seventh LHC experiment to be approved by the LHC. It is designed to detect highly ionizing particles such as magnetic monopoles, dyons and singly and multiply electrically charged stable massive particles predicted in a number of theoretical scenarios. MoEDAL consists of an array of ~400 stacks of passive Nuclear Track Detectors deployed around the LHCb intersection region, within the VELO cavern. Spallation product backgrounds will be monitored with an array of MediPix pixel detectors. The design of the detector and its physics reach, which is complementary to that of the large general purpose LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS, will be discussed.