Monopole Quest

The search for magnetic monopoles The discovery of the mysterious hypothetical particles would provide a tantalizing glimpse of new laws of nature beyond the standard model.

(Answer to Friday’s post: http://cern.ch/go/8jJp)

Did you guess it?

The photo posted on Friday and this 360 photo show the MoEDAL (Monopole & Exotics Detector at the LHC) experiment, which searches for the magnetic monopole, a hypothetical particle with a magnetic charge.

On 10 August 2016, the MoEDAL experiment published its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles, based on an analysis of data collected during the LHC’s first run.

For more information: http://cern.ch/go/MoEDAL and to see more photos: http://cds.cern.ch/record/2162912

Congratulations to Vamshee Krishna Kovuru, the first to get the correct answer to Friday's post.

Image credit Maximilien Brice/CERN © CERN – for terms of use see: http://cern.ch/copyright

Come and see our "Dirac monopole" tomorrow at the Royal Society "Behind the Scenes" event

Still got your monopole detector from the Summer Science Exhibition? Post a photo of it as a Christmas bauble, and win a MoEDAL medal!

Today is the last chance to visit us at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2015

Come to our stand to find out how you can help MoEDAL find magnetic monopoles!

Help discover new physics with the MoEDAL experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider!

Join the : http://cern.ch/go/x88n

The Monopole and Exotics Detector at the LHC (MoEDAL) will look for the particles no other experiment can reach in the proton-proton collisions taking place in CERN's Large Hadron Collider, read more: http://cern.ch/go/76M8.

By classifying particle signatures recorded in real MoEDAL detector data, you can be part of the search for Paul Dirac's hypothesised magnetic monopole!

Image shows an artist's illustration of the elusive magnetic monopole. Image credit: Heikka Valja.

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Who wants to help discover new physics with the MoEDAL experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider? Join the Monopole Quest's Zooniverse Citizen Science project here: http://ow.ly/OVhUi.

Monopole Quest is exhibiting at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition Tuesday to Sunday this week: http://ow.ly/OVhBz | Image credit: Heikka Valja.

The hunt is on for the elusive magnetic monopoles. Brian meets Monopole Quest at Summer Science. http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015/monopole-quest/