High Energy Physics Seminars

milliQan: searching millicharged particles at the LHC

by Prof. Steven Lowette (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium)

Thursday, May 20, 2021 from to (Asia/Kolkata)
Description
We introduce the milliQan experiment: a new small-scale detector that provides a unique extension to CERN LHC's search program, with a large discovery potential for yet unknown particles with small electric charge, a "millicharge", smaller than the charge of any known charged particle. While some theories predict such particles to be abundantly produced at the LHC, they are nearly impossible to detect with the already installed detectors because they can traverse regular matter nearly unhindered. The milliQan experiment seizes the opportunity to potentially discover these particles by deploying dedicated, very sensitive, yet low-cost detectors in already existing LHC infrastructure during the upcoming LHC Run 3.
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