Speaker
Description
The MoEDAL experiment was approved by CERN’s Research Board (CRB) for reinstallation for LHC’s Run-3 in 2021 to continue its search for highly ionizing particle (HIP) avatars of new physics at LHC’s Run-3. Likewise, the MoEDAL Apparatus for Penetrating Particles (MAPP) was approved by the CRB for installation in the UA83 tunnel to begin data taking during Run-3. MoEDAL and MAPP-1 are currently being installed at IP8 and in UA83, respectively. The MAPP-1 detector will extend MoEDAL-MAPP’s physics reach to include Feebly Interacting Particles (FIPs) such as milli-charged particles and provide sensitivity to charged and neutral LLPs. We shall report on the: recent progress on the installation of MoEDAL-MAPP; analysis of Run-2 data; and, physics performance studies for MoEDAL-MAPP for Run-3. Last, but not least, we will briefly discuss Phase-2 of the MoEDAL-MAPP project in which the MAPP-2 detector will be deployed in the UGC1 gallery for data taking at the HL-LHC, to greatly enhance MoEDAL-MAPP’s ability to detect neutral LLPs in a cost-effective way.
