scholarly journals Global analysis of dark matter simplified models with leptophobic spin-one mediators using MasterCode

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Bagnaschi ◽  
J. C. Costa ◽  
K. Sakurai ◽  
M. Borsato ◽  
O. Buchmueller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Global Analysis ◽  
Axial Vector ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Simplified Models ◽  
Parameter Spaces ◽  
Likelihood Functions ◽  
Dijet Mass ◽  
Upper Limits

Abstract We report the results of a global analysis of dark matter simplified models (DMSMs) with leptophobic mediator particles of spin one, considering the cases of both vector and axial-vector interactions with dark matter (DM) particles and quarks. We require the DMSMs to provide all the cosmological DM density indicated by Planck and other observations, and we impose the upper limits on spin-independent and -dependent scattering from direct DM search experiments. We also impose all relevant LHC constraints from searches for monojet events and measurements of the dijet mass spectrum. We model the likelihood functions for all the constraints and combine them within the framework, and probe the full DMSM parameter spaces by scanning over the mediator and DM masses and couplings, not fixing any of the model parameters. We find, in general, two allowed regions of the parameter spaces: one in which the mediator couplings to Standard Model (SM) and DM particles may be comparable to those in the SM and the cosmological DM density is reached via resonant annihilation, and one in which the mediator couplings to quarks are $$\lesssim \, 10^{-3}$$≲10-3 and DM annihilation is non-resonant. We find that the DM and mediator masses may well lie within the ranges accessible to LHC experiments. We also present predictions for spin-independent and -dependent DM scattering, and present specific results for ranges of the DM couplings that may be favoured in ultraviolet completions of the DMSMs.

scholarly journals Search for dark matter in association with an energetic photon in pp collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Aad ◽  
◽  
B. Abbott ◽  
D. C. Abbott ◽  
A. Abed Abud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Transverse Momentum ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Axial Vector ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Missing Transverse Momentum ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
The Standard Model

Abstract A search for dark matter is conducted in final states containing a photon and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ s = 13 TeV. The data, collected during 2015–2018 by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1. No deviations from the predictions of the Standard Model are observed and 95% confidence-level upper limits between 2.45 fb and 0.5 fb are set on the visible cross section for contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model, in different ranges of the missing transverse momentum. The results are interpreted as 95% confidence-level limits in models where weakly interacting dark-matter candidates are pair-produced via an s-channel axial-vector or vector mediator. Dark-matter candidates with masses up to 415 (580) GeV are excluded for axial-vector (vector) mediators, while the maximum excluded mass of the mediator is 1460 (1470) GeV. In addition, the results are expressed in terms of 95% confidence-level limits on the parameters of a model with an axion-like particle produced in association with a photon, and are used to constrain the coupling gaZγ of an axion-like particle to the electroweak gauge bosons.

scholarly journals Thermal WIMPs and the scale of new physics: global fits of Dirac dark matter effective field theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Athron ◽  
Neal Avis Kozar ◽  
Csaba Balázs ◽  
Ankit Beniwal ◽  
Sanjay Bloor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Global Analysis ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Indirect Detection ◽  
Dirac Fermion ◽  
Likelihood Functions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Direct And Indirect Detection ◽  
Global Fitting

AbstractWe assess the status of a wide class of WIMP dark matter (DM) models in light of the latest experimental results using the global fitting framework . We perform a global analysis of effective field theory (EFT) operators describing the interactions between a gauge-singlet Dirac fermion and the Standard Model quarks, the gluons and the photon. In this bottom-up approach, we simultaneously vary the coefficients of 14 such operators up to dimension 7, along with the DM mass, the scale of new physics and several nuisance parameters. Our likelihood functions include the latest data from Planck, direct and indirect detection experiments, and the LHC. For DM masses below 100 GeV, we find that it is impossible to satisfy all constraints simultaneously while maintaining EFT validity at LHC energies. For new physics scales around 1 TeV, our results are influenced by several small excesses in the LHC data and depend on the prescription that we adopt to ensure EFT validity. Furthermore, we find large regions of viable parameter space where the EFT is valid and the relic density can be reproduced, implying that WIMPs can still account for the DM of the universe while being consistent with the latest data.

scholarly journals Dark matter microhalos from simplified models

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikita Blinov ◽  
Matthew J. Dolan ◽  
Patrick Draper ◽  
Jessie Shelton
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Simplified Models

scholarly journals Simplified models for dark matter interacting with quarks

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony DiFranzo ◽  
Keiko I. Nagao ◽  
Arvind Rajaraman ◽  
Tim M.P. Tait
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Simplified Models

STUDY OF THE DIJET INVARIANT MASS IN W + JETS EVENTS BY THE DØ COLLABORATION

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 1230002
Author(s):  
JADRANKA SEKARIC
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Invariant Mass ◽  
Experimental Verification ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Mass Range ◽  
Invariant Mass Spectrum ◽  
Dijet Production ◽  
Dijet Mass ◽  
Two Jets ◽  
Recent Claim

The recent claim by the CDF Collaboration of a possible anomalous dijet resonance in their data required experimental verification from other hadron collider experiments. We present a study of the dijet invariant mass spectrum in events with two jets produced in association with a W→ℓν boson at the DØ experiment. We investigate the dijet mass range between 110 GeV /c2 and 170 GeV /c2 and find no evidence for any resonant dijet production.

scholarly journals Quantifying tidal stream disruption in a simulated Milky Way

2017 ◽  
Vol 470 (1) ◽  
pp. 522-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Sandford ◽  
Andreas H. W. Küpper ◽  
Kathryn V. Johnston ◽  
Jürg Diemand
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Mass Range ◽  
Galactic Centre ◽  
High Dimensions ◽  
Density Profiles ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Tidal Stream ◽  
Tidal Streams

Abstract Simulations of tidal streams show that close encounters with dark matter subhaloes induce density gaps and distortions in on-sky path along the streams. Accordingly, observing disrupted streams in the Galactic halo would substantiate the hypothesis that dark matter substructure exists there, while in contrast, observing collimated streams with smoothly varying density profiles would place strong upper limits on the number density and mass spectrum of subhaloes. Here, we examine several measures of stellar stream ‘disruption' and their power to distinguish between halo potentials with and without substructure and with different global shapes. We create and evolve a population of 1280 streams on a range of orbits in the Via Lactea II simulation of a Milky Way-like halo, replete with a full mass range of Λcold dark matter subhaloes, and compare it to two control stream populations evolved in smooth spherical and smooth triaxial potentials, respectively. We find that the number of gaps observed in a stellar stream is a poor indicator of the halo potential, but that (i) the thinness of the stream on-sky, (ii) the symmetry of the leading and trailing tails and (iii) the deviation of the tails from a low-order polynomial path on-sky (‘path regularity') distinguish between the three potentials more effectively. We furthermore find that globular cluster streams on low-eccentricity orbits far from the galactic centre (apocentric radius ∼30–80 kpc) are most powerful in distinguishing between the three potentials. If they exist, such streams will shortly be discoverable and mapped in high dimensions with near-future photometric and spectroscopic surveys.

DARK MATTER SEARCH WITH GAMMA RAYS: THE EXPERIMENTS EGRET AND GLAST

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (12n13) ◽  
pp. 1829-1840 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALDO MORSELLI
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Cosmic Rays ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Supersymmetric Standard Model ◽  
Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model ◽  
Gamma Rays ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Dark Matter Search

The direct detection of annihilation products in cosmic rays offers an alternative way to search for supersymmetric dark matter particles candidates. The study of the spectrum of gamma-rays, antiprotons and positrons offers good possibilities to perform this search in a significant portion of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model parameters space. In particular the EGRET team have seen a convincing signal for a strong excess of emission from the galactic center that have not easily explanation with standard processes. We will review the achievable limits with the experiment GLAST taking into accounts the LEP results and we will compare this method with the antiproton and positrons experiments, the direct underground detection and with future experiments at LHC.

scholarly journals CAPTURE OF DARK MATTER BY THE SOLAR SYSTEM

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 1903-1912 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. B. KHRIPLOVICH ◽  
D. L. SHEPELYANSKY
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Solar System ◽  
Dark Matter Particle ◽  
Matter Density ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
Analytical Estimate ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Galactic Dark Matter ◽  
Three Body ◽  
Optimistic Value

We study the capture of galactic dark matter by the solar system. The effect is due to the gravitational three-body interaction between the sun, one of the planets, and a dark matter particle. The analytical estimate for the capture cross-section is derived and the upper and lower bounds for the total mass of the captured dark matter particles are found. The estimates for their density are less reliable. The most optimistic of them gives an enhancement of dark matter density by about three orders of magnitudes compared to its value in our galaxy. However, even this optimistic value remains below the best present observational upper limits by about two orders of magnitude.

scholarly journals Indirect detection constraints on s- and t-channel simplified models of dark matter

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda M. Carpenter ◽  
Russell Colburn ◽  
Jessica Goodman ◽  
Tim Linden
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Indirect Detection ◽  
Simplified Models
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