Published April 14, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Multi-lepton signatures at LHC from sneutrino dark matter

  • 1. Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris,98bis boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris (France)
  • 2. GRAPPA Institute, University of Amsterdam,Science Park 904, 1090 GL Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Description

We investigate multi-lepton LHC signals arising from an extension at the grand unification scale of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) involving right-handed neutrino superfields. In this framework neutrinos have Dirac masses and the mixed sneutrinos are the lightest supersymmetric particles and hence the dark matter candidates. We analyze the model parameter space in which the sneutrino is a good dark matter particle and has a direct detection cross-section compatible with the LUX bound. Studying the supersymmetric mass spectrum of this region, we find several signatures relevant for LHC, which are distinct from the predictions of the MSSM with neutralino dark matter. For instance two opposite sign and different flavor leptons, three uncorrelated leptons and long-lived staus are the most representative. Simulating both the signal and expected background, we find that the multi-lepton signatures and the long-lived stau are in the reach of the future run of LHC with a luminosity of 100/fb. We point out that if one of these signatures is detected, it might be an indication of sneutrino dark matter

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2014)100; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/2081

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2014
Journal Issue
04
Journal Page Range
p. 100
ISSN
1029-8479

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Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP04(2014)100; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:2081
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)