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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Hauptverfasser: Plehn, Tilman (VerfasserIn) , Thompson, Jennifer M. (VerfasserIn) , Westhoff, Susanne (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 9 July 2018
In: Physical review
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 98, Heft: 1
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.015012
Online-Zugang: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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Verfasserangaben:Tilman Plehn, Jennifer M. Thompson, and Susanne Westhoff, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.015012