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Erratum: First Search for Dyons with the Full MoEDAL Trapping Detector in 13 TeV Collisions [Phys. Rev. Lett. <b>126</b>, 071801 (2021)] Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann, J. Bernabéu , et al. · 2024

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.071801.

Search for magnetic monopoles produced via the Schwinger mechanism Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann, S. Bertolucci , et al. · 2022

A 4π time-of-flight detector for the ND280/T2K upgrade Open

A. Korzenev, F. Barão, S. Bordoni, D. Breton, F. Cadoux , et al. · 2022

ND280 is a near detector of the T2K experiment which is located in the J-PARC accelerator complex in Japan. After a decade of fruitful data-taking, ND280 is scheduled for upgrade. The time-of-flight (ToF) detector, which is described in th…

A 4pi time-of-flight detector for the ND280/T2K upgrade Open

A. Korzenev, F. Barão, S. Bordoni, D. Breton, F. Cadoux , et al. · 2021

ND280 is a near detector of the T2K experiment which is located in the J-PARC accelerator complex in Japan. After a decade of fruitful data-taking, ND280 is scheduled for upgrade. The time-of-flight (ToF) detector, which is described in th…

Commissioning of a High Pressure Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout Open

A. Deisting, A. V. Waldron, E. T. Atkin, Gary Barker, A. Basharina-Freshville , et al. · 2021

The measurements of proton–nucleus scattering and high resolution neutrino–nucleus interaction imaging are key in reducing neutrino oscillation systematic uncertainties in future experiments. A High Pressure Time Projection Chamber (HPTPC)…

First Search for Dyons with the Full MoEDAL Trapping Detector in 13 TeV Collisions Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann, J. Bernabéu , et al. · 2021

The MoEDAL trapping detector consists of approximately 800 kg of aluminum volumes. It was exposed during run 2 of the LHC program to 6.46 fb^{-1} of 13 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHCb interaction point. Evidence for dyons (particl…

Timepix3 as solid-state time-projection chamber in particle and nuclear physics Open

B. Bergmann, B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, P. Beneš, A. J. Bevan , et al. · 2021

Timepix3 devices are hybrid pixel detectors developed within the Medipix3 collaboration at CERN providing a simultaneous measurement of energy (ToT) and time of arrival (ToA) in each of its 256×256 pixels (pixel pitch: 55 µm). The timestam…

A High Pressure Time Projection Chamber with Optical Readout Open

A. Deisting, A. V. Waldron, E. T. Atkin, Gary Barker, A. Basharina-Freshville , et al. · 2021

Measurements of proton-nucleus scattering and high resolution neutrino-nucleus interaction imaging are key to reduce neutrino oscillation systematic uncertainties in future experiments. A High Pressure Time Projection Chamber (HPTPC) proto…

A prototype for the SHiP timing detector Open

C. Betancourt, A. Korzenev, P. Mermod, N. Serra · 2020

Off-Axis Characterisation of the CERN T10 Beam for low Momentum Proton Measurements with a High Pressure Gas Time Projection Chamber Open

S. Jones, T S Nonnenmacher, E. T. Atkin, Gareth J. Barker, A. Basharina-Freshville , et al. · 2020

We present studies of proton fluxes in the T10 beamline at CERN. A prototype high pressure gas time projection chamber (TPC) was exposed to the beam of protons and other particles, using the 0.8 GeV/c momentum setting in T10, in order to m…

Magnetic Monopole Search with the Full MoEDAL Trapping Detector in 13 TeV Collisions Interpreted in Photon-Fusion and Drell-Yan Production Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, S. Baines, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann , et al. · 2019

MoEDAL is designed to identify new physics in the form of stable or pseudostable highly ionizing particles produced in high-energy Large Hadron Collider (LHC) collisions. Here we update our previous search for magnetic monopoles in Run 2 u…

Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL forward trapping detector in 2.11 fb−1 of 13 TeV proton–proton collisions at the LHC Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, S. Baines, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann , et al. · 2018

We update our previous search for trapped magnetic monopoles in LHC Run 2 using nearly six times more integrated luminosity and including additional models for the interpretation of the data. The MoEDAL forward trapping detector, comprisin…

Application of SiPM arrays for the readout of a scintillator based time-of-flight detector Open

A. Korzenev, C. Betancourt, A. Blondel, R. Brundler, A. Dätwyler , et al. · 2018

A feasibility study of replacing a conventional phototube with an array of SiPMs is presented. High gain, low voltage operation and insensitivity to the magnetic field make SiPMs practically useful for the light collection in a physics exp…

Prospects of the SHiP and NA62 experiments at CERN for hidden sector searches Open

P. Mermod · 2017

High-intensity proton beams impinging on a fixed target or beam dump allow to probe new physics via the production of new weakly-coupled particles in hadron decays. The CERN SPS provides opportunities to do so with the running NA62 experim…

Hidden sector searches with SHiP and NA62 Open

P. Mermod · 2017

High-intensity proton beams impinging on a fixed target or beam dump allow to probe new physics via the production of new weakly-coupled particles in hadron decays. The CERN SPS provides opportunities to do so with the running NA62 experim…

Study of timing characteristics of a 3 m long plastic scintillator counter using waveform digitizers Open

A. Blondel, D. Breton, A. Dubreuil, A. Khotyantsev, A. Korzenev , et al. · 2017

Right-handed neutrinos: the hunt is on! Open

P. Mermod · 2017

The possibility of the existence of right-handed neutrinos remains one of the most important open questions in particle physics, as they can help elucidate the problems of neutrino masses, matter-antimatter asymmetry, and dark matter. Inte…

Search for Magnetic Monopoles with the MoEDAL Forward Trapping Detector in 13 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, S. Baines, P. Beneš, B. Bergmann , et al. · 2017

MoEDAL is designed to identify new physics in the form of long-lived highly ionizing particles produced in high-energy LHC collisions. Its arrays of plastic nuclear-track detectors and aluminium trapping volumes provide two independent pas…

Magnetic monopole search in 13 TeV collisions with the MoEDAL experiment Open

P. Mermod · 2017

The MoEDAL experiment at the LHC is designed to identify new physics in the form\nof long-lived highly-ionising particles. Its arrays of plastic nuclear-track\ndetectors and aluminium trapping volumes provide two independent passive\ndetec…

Application of large area SiPMs for the readout of a plastic scintillator based timing detector Open

C. Betancourt, A. Blondel, R. Brundler, A. Dätwyler, Y. Favre , et al. · 2017

In this study an array of eight 6 mm $\times$ 6 mm area SiPMs was coupled to the end of a long plastic scintillator counter which was exposed to a $2.5 GeV/c$ muon beam at the CERN PS. Timing characteristics of bars with dimensions 150 cm …

Study of timing characteristics of a 3 m long plastic scintillator counter using waveform digitizers Open

A. Blondel, D. Breton, A. Dubreuil, A. Khotyantsev, A. Korzenev , et al. · 2016

A plastic scintillator bar with dimensions 300 cm x 2.5 cm x 11 cm was exposed to a focused muon beam to study its light yield and timing characteristics as a function of position and angle of incidence. The scintillating light was read ou…

Calibrating the SHiP muon-flux using NA61/SHINE Open

E. van Herwijnen, Hans Dijkstra, P. Mermod, A. Korzenev · 2016

A major concern for the design of the SHiP experiment is the lack of a precise knowledge of the muon flux. This is a proposal to measure the expected muon flux in the SHiP experiment by installing a replica of the SHiP target in a 400 GeV …

Search for magnetic monopoles with the MoEDAL prototype trapping detector in 8 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC Open

B. S. Acharya, Jean Alexandre, K. Bendtz, P. Beneš, J. Bernabéu , et al. · 2016

The MoEDAL experiment is designed to search for magnetic monopoles and other highly-ionising particles produced in high-energy collisions at the LHC. The largely passive MoEDAL detector, deployed at Interaction Point 8 on the LHC ring, rel…

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