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Title: LHC searches for dark sector showers

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
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  1. Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States). Inst. of Theoretical Science
  2. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Physics
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics

This paper proposes a new search program for dark sector parton showers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These signatures arise in theories characterized by strong dynamics in a hidden sector, such as Hidden Valley models. A dark parton shower can be composed of both invisible dark matter particles as well as dark sector states that decay to Standard Model particles via a portal. The focus here is on the specific case of ‘semi-visible jets,’ jet-like collider objects where the visible states in the shower are Standard Model hadrons. We present a Simplified Model-like parametrization for the LHC observables and propose targeted search strategies for regions of parameter space that are not covered by existing analyses. Following the ‘mono-X’ literature, the portal is modeled using either an effective field theoretic contact operator approach or with one of two ultraviolet completions; sensitivity projections are provided for all three cases. We additionally highlight that the LHC has a unique advantage over direct detection experiments in the search for this class of dark matter theories.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0007968; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1505199
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2017, Issue 11; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 40 works
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