Electroweak Monopole Production at the LHC - a Snowmass White Paper

Understand

We maintain that the search for the electroweak monopole is a key issue in the advancement of our understanding of the standard model.

• Unlike the Dirac monopole in electrodynamics, which is optional, the electroweak monopole should exist within the framework of the standard model.
• The mass of the electroweak monopole is estimated to be 5 to 7 TeV, but could be as large as 15 TeV.
• Above threshold its production rate at the LHC is expected to be relatively large, (1/alpha(em)2) times bigger than that of W+W- pairs.