Dirac's Dream - the Search for the Magnetic Monopole

Journal Article · Wed Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3527206· OSTI ID:21506849

Pinfold, James L ^[1]

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1. Centre for Particle Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2N6 (Canada)

I first quickly summarize the history of the Magnetic Monopole leading to the quantum theory of magnetic charge that started with a 1931 paper by Paul Dirac who showed that the existence of magnetic monopoles was consistent with Maxwell's equations only if electric charges are quantized. Next I will briefly review the status of monopole searches. Last, but not least I discuss in more detail the MoEDAL experiment--the latest accelerator experiment designed to search for direct production of magnetic monopoles or dyons (particles with electric and magnetic charge) and other highly ionizing particles - such as heavy (pseudo-) stable particles with conventional electric charge - at the LHC. The MoEDAL experiment employs nuclear track-etch detectors deployed in the VELO vertex region of the LHCb experiment.

• OSTI ID: 21506849
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1304, Issue 1; Conference: Carpathian summer school of physics - Exotic nuclei and nuclear/particle astrophysics (III): From nuclei to stars, Sinaia (Romania), 20 Jun - 3 Jul 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3527206; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MAXWELL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE TRACKS
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