Broadening dark matter searches at the LHC: mono-X versus darkonium channels
Abstract
Current searches for dark matter at the LHC focus on mono-X signatures: the production of dark matter in association with a Standard Model (SM) particle. The simplest benchmark introduces a massive spin-1 mediator, the $$Z^\prime$$ boson, between the dark matter $$\chi$$ and the SM. Limits derived from mono-X channels are most effective when the mediator can decay into two on-shell dark matter particles: $$M_{Z'}\gtrsim 2M_\chi$$. We broaden the experimental reach into the complementary region, where the $$Z^\prime$$ mediator is much lighter than the dark matter. In this scenario the $$Z^\prime$$ mediates an effective long-range force between the dark matter, thereby facilitating the formation of darkonium bound states, as is common in many dark sector models. The darkonium becomes active when $$M_{\chi}>M_{Z'}/\alpha_{\rm eff}$$, where $$\alpha_{\rm eff}$$ is the effective fine-structure constant in the dark sector. Moreover, the darkonium could decay back into SM quarks, without producing missing transverse momentum in the detector. Considering multijet final states, we reinterpret existing searches to constrain the simple $$Z^\prime$$ benchmark beyond the region probed by mono-X searches. Assuming a baryonic $$Z^\prime$$ mediator and a Dirac dark matter, direct detection bounds can be loosened by giving a small Majorana mass to the dark matter. In conclusion, we also consider the interplay between mono-X and darkonium channels at future high energy colliders, which is at the frontier of probing the model parameter space.
- Authors:
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- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1471728
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1807.07972; CERN-TH-2018-169; FERMILAB-PUB-18-326-T
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; 1683430
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2018; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Beyond Standard Model; Dark matter; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Jets
Citation Formats
Krovi, Anirudh, Low, Ian, and Zhang, Yue. Broadening dark matter searches at the LHC: mono-X versus darkonium channels. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2018)026.
Krovi, Anirudh, Low, Ian, & Zhang, Yue. Broadening dark matter searches at the LHC: mono-X versus darkonium channels. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2018)026
Krovi, Anirudh, Low, Ian, and Zhang, Yue. Thu .
"Broadening dark matter searches at the LHC: mono-X versus darkonium channels". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2018)026. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1471728.
@article{osti_1471728,
title = {Broadening dark matter searches at the LHC: mono-X versus darkonium channels},
author = {Krovi, Anirudh and Low, Ian and Zhang, Yue},
abstractNote = {Current searches for dark matter at the LHC focus on mono-X signatures: the production of dark matter in association with a Standard Model (SM) particle. The simplest benchmark introduces a massive spin-1 mediator, the $Z^\prime$ boson, between the dark matter $\chi$ and the SM. Limits derived from mono-X channels are most effective when the mediator can decay into two on-shell dark matter particles: $M_{Z'}\gtrsim 2M_\chi$. We broaden the experimental reach into the complementary region, where the $Z^\prime$ mediator is much lighter than the dark matter. In this scenario the $Z^\prime$ mediates an effective long-range force between the dark matter, thereby facilitating the formation of darkonium bound states, as is common in many dark sector models. The darkonium becomes active when $M_{\chi}>M_{Z'}/\alpha_{\rm eff}$, where $\alpha_{\rm eff}$ is the effective fine-structure constant in the dark sector. Moreover, the darkonium could decay back into SM quarks, without producing missing transverse momentum in the detector. Considering multijet final states, we reinterpret existing searches to constrain the simple $Z^\prime$ benchmark beyond the region probed by mono-X searches. Assuming a baryonic $Z^\prime$ mediator and a Dirac dark matter, direct detection bounds can be loosened by giving a small Majorana mass to the dark matter. In conclusion, we also consider the interplay between mono-X and darkonium channels at future high energy colliders, which is at the frontier of probing the model parameter space.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP10(2018)026},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 10,
volume = 2018,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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