Towards the next generation of simplified Dark Matter models
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This White Paper is an input to the ongoing discussion about the extension and refinement of simplified Dark Matter (DM) models. It is not intended as a comprehensive review of the discussed subjects, but instead summarises ideas and concepts arising from a brainstorming workshop that can be useful when defining the next generation of simplified DM models (SDMM). In this spirit, based on two concrete examples, we show how existing SDMM can be extended to provide a more accurate and comprehensive framework to interpret and characterise collider searches. In the first example we extend the canonical SDMM with a scalar mediator to include mixing with the Higgs boson. We show that this approach not only provides a better description of the underlying kinematic properties that a complete model would possess, but also offers the option of using this more realistic class of scalar mixing models to compare and combine consistently searches based on different experimental signatures. The second example outlines how a new physics signal observed in a visible channel can be connected to DM by extending a simplified model including effective couplings. In the next part of the White Paper we outline other interesting options for SDMM that could be studied in more detail in the future. Finally, we review important aspects of supersymmetric models for DM and use them to propose how to develop more complete SDMMs.
Date Issued
2017-02-09
Date Acceptance
2017-02-07
Citation
Physics of the Dark Universe, 2017, 16, pp.49-70
ISSN
2212-6864
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
49
End Page
70
Journal / Book Title
Physics of the Dark Universe
Volume
16
Copyright Statement
© 2017, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dark Matter
Particle physics
LHC Dark Matter Working group
Recommendation
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ATLAS DETECTOR
ROOT-S=8 TEV
STANDARD MODEL
PP COLLISIONS
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INVISIBLE DECAYS
VECTOR BOSON
FINAL-STATES
Publication Status
Published