Published March 28, 2012 | Version v1
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Dark Matter Jets at the LHC

  • 1. University of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • 2. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Description

We argue that dark matter particles which have strong interactions with the Standard Model particles are not excluded by current astrophysical constraints. These dark matter particles have unique signatures at colliders; instead of missing energy, the dark matter particles produce jets. We propose a new search strategy for such strongly interacting particles by looking for a signal of two trackless jets. We show that suitable cuts can plausibly allow us to find these signals at the LHC even in early data.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-pub-14617.pdf; http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/pubpage?slac-pub-14617.html; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1037603/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
SLAC-PUB--14617

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
43058952
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
NONLUMINOUS MATTER; STANDARD MODEL; STRONG INTERACTIONS
Descriptors DEC
BASIC INTERACTIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC02-76SF00515
Notes
Submitted to Physical Review Letters
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)