A Letter of Intent to Install a milli-charged Particle Detector at LHC P5
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/ Authors
Austin Ball, Jim Brooke, Claudio Campagnari, Albert De Roeck, Brian Francis, Martin Gastal, Frank Golf, Joel Goldstein, Andy Haas, Christopher S. Hill
and 10 more authors
Eder Izaguirre, Benjamin Kaplan, Gabriel Magill, Bennett Marsh, David Miller, Theo Prins, Harry Shakeshaft, David Stuart, Max Swiatlowski, Itay Yavin
/ Abstract
In this LOI we propose a dedicated experiment that would detect "milli-charged" particles produced by pp collisions at LHC Point 5. The experiment would be installed during LS2 in the vestigial drainage gallery above UXC and would not interfere with CMS operations. With 300 fb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity, sensitivity to a particle with charge $\mathcal{O}(10^{-3})~e$ can be achieved for masses of $\mathcal{O}(1)$ GeV, and charge $\mathcal{O}(10^{-2})~e$ for masses of $\mathcal{O}(10)$ GeV, greatly extending the parameter space explored for particles with small charge and masses above 100 MeV.