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

A search is presented for production of dark-matter particles recoiling against a leptonically decaying Z boson in 20.3fb-1 of pp collisions at s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events with large missing transverse momentum and two oppositely charged electrons or muons con...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Aad, G, Abajyan, T, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Khalek, SA, Abdinov, O, Aben, R, Abi, B, Abolins, M, AbouZeid, O, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, B, Adamczyk, L, Adams, D, Addy, T, Adelman, J, Adomeit, S, Adye, T, Agatonovic-Jovin, T, Aguilar-Saavedra, J, Agustoni, M, Ahlen, S, Ahmad, A
التنسيق: Journal article
منشور في: 2014
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الملخص:A search is presented for production of dark-matter particles recoiling against a leptonically decaying Z boson in 20.3fb-1 of pp collisions at s=8TeV 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. © 2014 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration.