Dirac Magnetic Monopole Production from Photon Fusion in Proton Collisions
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چکیده
We calculate the lowest order cross–section for Dirac magnetic monopole production from photon fusion (γγ) in pp̄ collisions at √ s = 1.96 TeV, pp collisions at √ s = 14 TeV, and we compare γγ with Drell–Yan (DY) production. We find the total γγ cross–section is comparable with DY at √ s = 1.96 TeV and dominates DY by a factor > ∼ 50 at √ s = 14 TeV. We conclude that both the γγ and DY processes allow for a monopole mass limit m > 370 GeV based upon the null results of the recent monopole search at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). We also conclude that γγ production is the leading mechanism to be considered for direct monopole searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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