Search for dark matter in events with heavy quarks and missing transverse momentum in collisions with the ATLAS detector
CERN-LHC. This article reports on a search for dark matter pair production in association with bottom or top quarks in 20.3 fb 8 of pp collisions collected at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events with large missing transverse momentum are selected when produced in association with high-momentum jets of which one or more are identified as jets containing b -quarks. Final states with top quarks are selected by requiring a high jet multiplicity and in some cases a single lepton. The data are found to be consistent with the Standard Model expectations and limits are set on the mass scale of effective field theories that describe scalar and tensor interactions between dark matter and Standard Model particles. Limits on the dark-matter=8 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events with large missing transverse momentum are selected when produced in association with high-momentum jets of which one or more are identified as jets containing b-quarks. Final states with top quarks are selected by requiring a high jet multiplicity and in some cases a single lepton. The data are found to be consistent with the Standard Model expectations and limits are set on the mass scale of effective field theories that describe scalar and tensor interactions between dark matter and Standard Model particles. Limits on the dark-matter--nucleon cross-section for spin-independent and spin-dependent interactions are also provided. These limits are particularly strong for low-mass dark matter. Using a simplified model, constraints are set on the mass of dark matter and of a coloured mediator suitable to explain a possible signal of annihilating dark matter.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC) (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- The ATLAS collaboration
- OSTI ID:
- 1894301
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Search for dark matter in events with heavy quarks and missing transverse momentum in $$pp$$ p p collisions with the ATLAS detector
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journal | February 2015 |
Search for dark matter in events with heavy quarks and missing transverse momentum in $$pp$$ p p collisions with the ATLAS detector
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journal | February 2015 |
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