https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2008-10701-8
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Dirac magnetic monopole production from photon fusion in proton collisions
1
Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University, 75275, Dallas, TX, USA
2
Department of Physics, Lake Forest College, 60045, Lake Forest, IL, USA
Received:
6
November
2008
Revised:
5
December
2008
Accepted:
12
December
2008
Published online:
21
January
2009
We calculate the lowest-order cross-section for Dirac magnetic monopole production from photon fusion ( 
in p
collisions at 
= 1.96 TeV, pp collisions at = 14 TeV, and we compare
with Drell-Yan (DY) production. We find the total
cross-section is comparable with DY at = 1.96 TeV and dominates DY by a factor > 50 at = 14 TeV. We conclude that both the
and DY processes allow for a monopole mass limit m > 370 GeV based upon the null results of the recent monopole search at the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). We also conclude that
production is the leading mechanism to be considered for direct monopole searches at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
PACS: 14.80.Hv Magnetic monopoles –
© SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009
