Dark Matter searches: the nightmare scenario
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zürich, Winterthurerst. 190, 8057 Zürich, CH (Switzerland)
- Astroparticle Theory and Cosmology Group, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 7RH (United Kingdom)
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, IFIC-UV/CSIC, Apartado 22085, E-46071 Valencia (Spain)
- Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
The unfortunate case where the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) fails to discover physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) is sometimes referred to as the ''Nightmare scenario'' of particle physics. We study the consequences of this hypothetical scenario for Dark Matter (DM), in the framework of the constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (cMSSM). We evaluate the surviving regions of the cMSSM parameter space after null searches at the LHC, using several different LHC configurations, and study the consequences for DM searches with ton-scale direct detectors and the IceCube neutrino telescope. We demonstrate that ton-scale direct detection experiments will be able to conclusively probe the cMSSM parameter space that would survive null searches at the LHC with 100 fb{sup −1} of integrated luminosity at 14 TeV. We also demonstrate that IceCube (80 strings plus DeepCore) will be able to probe as much as ≅ 17% of the currently favoured parameter space after 5 years of observation.
- OSTI ID:
- 22279719
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2012, Issue 01; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1475-7516
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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