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Baines, S.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Mitsou, V.A.; Pinfold, J.L.; Santra, A. |
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Monopole production via photon fusion and Drell-Yan processes: MadGraph implementation and perturbativity via velocity-dependent coupling and magnetic moment as novel features |
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Journal Article |
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2018 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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78 |
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11 |
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966 - 36pp |
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In this work we consider point-like monopole production via photon-fusion and Drell-Yan processes in the framework of an effective U(1) gauge field theory obtained from conventional models describing the interaction of magnetically-charged fields with ordinary photons, upon electric-magnetic dualisation. We present arguments based on such dualities which support the conjecture of an effective monopole-velocity-dependent magnetic charge. For the cases of 1 monopoles, we also include a magnetic-moment which is treated as a new phenomenological parameter and, together with the velocity-dependent coupling, allows for a perturbative treatment of the cross-section calculation. We discuss unitarity issues within these effective field theories, in particular we point out that in the spin-1 monopole case only the may restore unitarity. However from an effective-field-theory point of view, this lack of unitarity should not be viewed as an impediment for the phenomenological studies and experimental searches of generic spin-1 monopoles, given that the potential appearance of new degrees of freedom in the ultraviolet completion of such models might restore it. The second part of the paper deals with an appropriate implementation of photon-fusion and Drell-Yan processes based on the above theoretical scenarios into MadGraph UFO models, aimed to serve as a useful tool in interpretations of monopole searches at colliders such as LHC, especially for photon fusion, given that it has not been considered by experimental collaborations so far. Moreover, the experimental implications of such perturbatively reliable monopole searches have been laid out. |
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[Baines, S.; Mavromatos, N. E.] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: stephanie.baines@kcl.ac.uk; |
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WOS:000451038400001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3814 |
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Felea, D.; Mamuzic, J.; Maselek, R.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Mitsou, V.A.; Pinfold, J.L.; Ruiz de Austri, R.; Sakurai, K.; Santra, A.; Vives, O. |
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Prospects for discovering supersymmetric long-lived particles with MoEDAL |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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80 |
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5 |
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431 - 12pp |
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We present a study on the possibility of searching for long-lived supersymmetric partners with the MoEDAL experiment at the LHC. MoEDAL is sensitive to highly ionising objects such as magnetic monopoles or massive (meta)stable electrically charged particles. We focus on prospects of directly detecting long-lived sleptons in a phenomenologically realistic model which involves an intermediate neutral long-lived particle in the decay chain. This scenario is not yet excluded by the current data from ATLAS or CMS, and is compatible with astrophysical constraints. Using Monte Carlo simulation, we compare the sensitivities of MoEDAL versus ATLAS in scenarios where MoEDAL could provide discovery reach complementary to ATLAS and CMS, thanks to looser selection criteria combined with the virtual absence of background. It is also interesting to point out that, in such scenarios, in which charged staus are the main long-lived candidates, the relevant mass range for MoEDAL is compatible with a potential role of Supersymmetry in providing an explanation for the anomalous events observed by the ANITA detector. |
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[Felea, D.] Inst Space Sci, POB MG 23, Bucharest 077125, Magurele, Romania, Email: daniel.felea@cern.ch; |
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1434-6044 |
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WOS:000536572700001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4411 |
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Mavromatos, N.E.; Mitsou, V.A. |
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Magnetic monopoles revisited: Models and searches at colliders and in the Cosmos |
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Journal Article |
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2020 |
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International Journal of Modern Physics A |
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Int. J. Mod. Phys. A |
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35 |
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23 |
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2030012 - 81pp |
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Magnetic monopoles; electromagnetism; theory; experimental techniques; searches; LHC; ATLAS; MoEDAL; IceCube; ANTARES |
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In this review, we discuss recent developments in both the theory and the experimental searches of magnetic monopoles in past, current and future colliders and in the Cosmos. The theoretical models include, apart from the standard Grand Unified Theories, extensions of the Standard Model that admit magnetic monopole solutions with finite energy and masses that can be as light as a few TeV. Specifically, we discuss, among other scenarios, modified Cho-Maison monopoles and magnetic monopoles in (string-inspired, higher derivative) Born-Infeld extensions of the hypercharge sector of the Standard Model. We also outline the conditions for which effective field theories describing the interaction of monopoles with photons are valid and can be used for result interpretation in monopole production at colliders. The experimental part of the review focuses on, past and present, cosmic and collider searches, including the latest bounds on monopole masses and magnetic charges by the ATLAS and MoEDAL experiments at the LHC, as well as prospects for future searches. |
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[Mavromatos, Nick E.] Kings Coll London, Dept Phys, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: nikolaos.mavromatos@kcl.ac.uk; |
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0217-751x |
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WOS:000563095400001 |
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yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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4516 |
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Bernabeu, J.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Villanueva-Perez, P. |
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Consistent probabilistic description of the neutral Kaon system |
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Journal Article |
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2013 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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724 |
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4-5 |
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269-273 |
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The neutral Kaon system has both CF violation in the mass matrix and a non-vanishing lifetime difference in the width matrix. This leads to an effective Hamiltonian which is not a normal operator, with incompatible (non-commuting) masses and widths. In the Weisskopf-Wigner Approach (WWA), by diagonalizing the entire Hamiltonian, the unphysical non-orthogonal “stationary” states K-L,K-S are obtained. These states have complex eigenvalues whose real (imaginary) part does not coincide with the eigenvalues of the mass (width). matrix. In this work we describe the system as an open Lindblad-type quantum mechanical system due to Kaon decays. This approach, in terms of density matrices for initial and final states, provides a consistent probabilistic description, avoiding the standard problems because the width matrix becomes a composite operator not included in the Hamiltonian. We consider the dominant decay channel to two pions, so that one of the Kaon states with definite lifetime becomes stable. This new approach provides results for the time dependent decay rates in agreement with those of the WWA. |
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[Bernabeu, J.; Villanueva-Perez, P.] Univ Valencia, Dept Theoret Phys, E-46100 Valencia, Spain, Email: pablo.villanueva@uv.es |
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WOS:000322358500011 |
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no |
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International Collaboration |
yes |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1526 |
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Ellis, J.; Mavromatos, N.E.; Sakharov, A.S.; Sarkisyan-Grinbaum, E.K. |
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Limits on neutrino Lorentz violation from multimessenger observations of TXS 0506+056 |
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Journal Article |
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2019 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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789 |
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352-355 |
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Lorentz violation; Multimessenger; Astrophysical neutrinos; Blazar; TXS 0506+056; IceCube |
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The observation by the IceCube Collaboration of a high-energy (E greater than or similar to 200 TeV) neutrino from the direction of the blazar TXS 0506+056 and the coincident observations of enhanced gamma-ray emissions from the same object by MAGIC and other experiments can be used to set stringent constraints on Lorentz violation in the propagation of neutrinos that is linear in the neutrino energy: Delta v = -E/M-1, where Delta v is the deviation from the velocity of light, and M-1 is an unknown high energy scale to be constrained by experiment. Allowing for a difference in neutrino and photon propagation times of similar to 10 days, we find that M-1 greater than or similar to 3 x 10(16) GeV. This improves on previous limits on linear Lorentz violation in neutrino propagation by many orders of magnitude, and the same is true for quadratic Lorentz violation. |
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[Ellis, John; Mavromatos, Nikolaos E.] Kings Coll London, Phys Dept, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England, Email: Alexandre.Sakharov@cern.ch |
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WOS:000457165400047 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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