A search for dark matter and unparticle production at the LHC has been performed using events containing two charged leptons (electrons or muons), consistent with the decay of a Z boson, and large missing transverse momentum. This study is based on data collected with the CMS detector in 2015, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at the LHC, at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No excess over the standard model expectation is observed. Compared to previous searches in this topology, which exclusively relied on effective field theories, the results are interpreted in terms of a simplified model of dark matter production for both vector and axial vector couplings between a mediator and dark matter particles. The first study of this class of models using CMS data at s=13 TeV is presented. Additionally, effective field theories of dark matter and unparticle production are used to interpret the data.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., et al. (2017). Search for dark matter and unparticles in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2017(3) [10.1007/JHEP03(2017)061].

Search for dark matter and unparticles in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

BRIANZA, LUCA;BRIVIO, FRANCESCO;CIRIOLO, VINCENZO;DINARDO, MAURO EMANUELE;FIORENDI, SARA;GHEZZI, ALESSIO;GOVONI, PIETRO;MALBERTI, MARTINA;MANZONI, RICCARDO ANDREA;MORONI, LUIGI;PAGANONI, MARCO;PIGAZZINI, SIMONE;RAGAZZI, STEFANO;TABARELLI DE FATIS, TOMMASO;Lucchini, M;De Guio, F;
2017

Abstract

A search for dark matter and unparticle production at the LHC has been performed using events containing two charged leptons (electrons or muons), consistent with the decay of a Z boson, and large missing transverse momentum. This study is based on data collected with the CMS detector in 2015, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at the LHC, at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. No excess over the standard model expectation is observed. Compared to previous searches in this topology, which exclusively relied on effective field theories, the results are interpreted in terms of a simplified model of dark matter production for both vector and axial vector couplings between a mediator and dark matter particles. The first study of this class of models using CMS data at s=13 TeV is presented. Additionally, effective field theories of dark matter and unparticle production are used to interpret the data.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]
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Beyond Standard Model; Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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2017
2017
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Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., et al. (2017). Search for dark matter and unparticles in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2017(3) [10.1007/JHEP03(2017)061].
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