Sensitivity to millicharged particles in future proton-proton collisions at the LHC with the milliQan detector

A. Ball; J. Brooke; C. Campagnari; M. Carrigan; M. Citron; A. De Roeck; M. Ezeldine; B. Francis; M. Gastal; M. Ghimire; J. Goldstein; F. Golf; A. Haas; R. Heller; C. S. Hill; L. Lavezzo; R. Loos; S. Lowette; B. Manley; B. Marsh; D. W. Miller; B. Odegard; R. Schmitz; F. Setti; H. Shakeshaft; D. Stuart; M. Swiatlowski; J. Yoo; H. Zaraket

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.032002

Sensitivity to millicharged particles in future proton-proton collisions at the LHC with the milliQan detector

A. Ball
, J. Brooke
, C. Campagnari
, M. Carrigan
, M. Citron
, A. De Roeck
, M. Ezeldine
, B. Francis
, M. Gastal
, M. Ghimire
, J. Goldstein
, F. Golf
, A. Haas
, R. Heller
, C. S. Hill
, L. Lavezzo
, R. Loos
, S. Lowette
, B. Manley
, B. Marsh

D. W. Miller, B. Odegard, R. Schmitz, F. Setti, H. Shakeshaft, D. Stuart, M. Swiatlowski, J. Yoo, H. Zaraket

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We report on the expected sensitivity of dedicated scintillator-based detectors at the LHC for elementary particles with charges much smaller than the electron charge. The dataset provided by a prototype scintillator-based detector is used to characterize the performance of the detector and provide an accurate background projection. Detector designs, including a novel slab detector configuration, are considered for the data taking period of the LHC to start in 2022 (Run 3) and for the high luminosity LHC. With the Run 3 dataset, the existence of new particles with masses between 10 MeV and 45 GeV could be excluded at 95% confidence level for charges between 0.003 e and 0.3 e, depending on their mass. With the high luminosity LHC dataset, the expected limits would reach between 10 MeV and 80 GeV for charges between 0.0018 e and 0.3 e, depending on their mass.

Original language	English
Article number	032002
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	104
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.032002
Publication status	Published - 2021 Aug 1

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Ball, A., Brooke, J., Campagnari, C., Carrigan, M., Citron, M., De Roeck, A., Ezeldine, M., Francis, B., Gastal, M., Ghimire, M., Goldstein, J., Golf, F., Haas, A., Heller, R., Hill, C. S., Lavezzo, L., Loos, R., Lowette, S., Manley, B., ... Zaraket, H. (2021). Sensitivity to millicharged particles in future proton-proton collisions at the LHC with the milliQan detector. Physical Review D, 104(3), Article 032002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.032002

Ball, A, Brooke, J, Campagnari, C, Carrigan, M, Citron, M, De Roeck, A, Ezeldine, M, Francis, B, Gastal, M, Ghimire, M, Goldstein, J, Golf, F, Haas, A, Heller, R, Hill, CS, Lavezzo, L, Loos, R, Lowette, S, Manley, B, Marsh, B, Miller, DW, Odegard, B, Schmitz, R, Setti, F, Shakeshaft, H, Stuart, D, Swiatlowski, M, Yoo, J & Zaraket, H 2021, 'Sensitivity to millicharged particles in future proton-proton collisions at the LHC with the milliQan detector', Physical Review D, vol. 104, no. 3, 032002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.032002

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