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Search for dark matter in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

NázevTitle
Search for dark matter in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detectorSearch for dark matter in events with a Z boson and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, T. Abajyan, B. Abbott, S.A. Khalek, O. Abdinov, K. Augsten, P. Gallus, J. Günther, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, S. Pospíšil, F. Seifert, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, J. Sodomka, M. Solar, J. Šolc, V. Sopko, B. Sopko, I. Štekl, D. Tureček, M. Vlasák, P. Vokáč, Z. Vykydal, M. Suk
DOIDOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.90.012004
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Physical Review D. 2014, 90(1), 012004-1-012004-21. ISSN 1550-7998.
RokYear
2014
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000339169600002
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84904290196
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21110/14:00225736!RIV15-MSM-21110___
ProjektProject
Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Podpora zkvalitnění týmů výzkumu a vývoje a rozvoj intersektorální mobility na ČVUT v PrazeSupport of inter-sectoral mobility and quality enhancement of research teams at Czech Technical University in Prague; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational experiment ATLAS-CERN

AbstraktAbstract

A search is presented for production of dark-matter particles recoiling against a leptonically decaying Z boson in 20.3 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events with large missing transverse momentum and two oppositely charged electrons or muons consistent with the decay of a Z boson are analyzed. No excess above the Standard Model prediction is observed. Limits are set on the mass scale of the contact interaction as a function of the dark-matter particle mass using an effective field theory description of the interaction of dark matter with quarks or with Z bosons. Limits are also set on the coupling and mediator mass of a model in which the interaction is mediated by a scalar particle.

A search is presented for production of dark-matter particles recoiling against a leptonically decaying Z boson in 20.3 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events with large missing transverse momentum and two oppositely charged electrons or muons consistent with the decay of a Z boson are analyzed. No excess above the Standard Model prediction is observed. Limits are set on the mass scale of the contact interaction as a function of the dark-matter particle mass using an effective field theory description of the interaction of dark matter with quarks or with Z bosons. Limits are also set on the coupling and mediator mass of a model in which the interaction is mediated by a scalar particle.