Dark matter from electroweak single top production
Dark matter scenarios with spin-0 mediators in the s channel have be tested in well-established processes with missing energy, such as top-pair- and mono-jet-associated production. We suggest electroweak single top production in association with a dark matter pair as an alternative channel. Based on...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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9 July 2018
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Physical review
Year: 2018, Volume: 98, Issue: 1 |
| ISSN: | 2470-0029 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.015012 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.015012 Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.015012 
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| Author Notes: | Tilman Plehn, Jennifer M. Thompson, and Susanne Westhoff, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany |
| Summary: | Dark matter scenarios with spin-0 mediators in the s channel have be tested in well-established processes with missing energy, such as top-pair- and mono-jet-associated production. We suggest electroweak single top production in association with a dark matter pair as an alternative channel. Based on a realistic analysis for the LHC at 13 TeV, we demonstrate how to efficiently discriminate between the signal and standard model background using event kinematics. With 300 fb−1 (3 ab−1) of data, on-shell scalar mediators with a coupling strength gtS=1 to top quarks can be probed up to masses of 180(360) GeV. Single-top-associated dark matter production should thus be included as an independent search channel in the LHC dark matter program. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 11.09.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 2470-0029 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.015012 |