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Large Hadron Collider’s Beam Pipe Edges Closer to Unmasking Magnetic Monopoles

Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Large Hadron Collider
A team of physicists explored the existence of magnetic monopoles using a decommissioned LHC beam pipe. Despite finding no monopoles, their research provided crucial constraints on these elusive particles, potentially opening new avenues in physics research. Credit CERN

Researchers used a section of the LHC’s beam pipe to hunt for magnetic monopoles, hypothetical particles with a single magnetic pole.

Their investigation, which involved analyzing radiation effects from ultra-high-energy ion collisions, revealed no monopoles but established stringent constraints on their existence, enhancing our understanding of particle physics.

Magnetic Monopole Research

New research using a decommissioned section of the beam pipe from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.071803

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