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Constraints on Simplified Dark Matter Models from Mono-X Searches

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Collider searches for Dark Matter (DM) in events with large missing transverse energy (\(E_{\mathrm {T}}^{\mathrm {miss}}\)) have been commonly interpreted within effective field theory (EFT) models of DM pair production. The advantage of this approach is that limits derived in terms of an EFT are applicable to a broad range of complete theories and depend only on the specification of a few parameters, namely the cutoff scale, \(\Lambda \), and the DM mass, \(m_{\chi } \).

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Couplings between the mediator and Standard Model leptons or gluons are generally possible and have been studied (e.g. [3, 13]) but are not considered here.

  2. 2.

    Only in the validation of the mono-\(Z\)(lep) channel Majorana DM is considered, see Sect. 8.2.4.

  3. 3.

    One of the first Run II Dark Matter search results from ATLAS was from this channel [34], released during the preparation of this study.

  4. 4.

    In this discussion, the mono-\(W/Z\)(had) channel can be assumed to follow the same logic as the mono-\(Z\)(lep) channel.

  5. 5.

    The CMS collaboration published similar analyses with comparable results. Only the ATLAS set of results were recast for this study.

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    Jets are seeded by any parton excluding the (anti-)top quark.

  7. 7.

    This signal region is the only one for which the ATLAS analysis publicly provided the EFT limits.

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Gramling, J. (2018). Constraints on Simplified Dark Matter Models from Mono-X Searches. In: Search for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95016-7_8

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