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

G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. D 90, 012004 – Published 10 July 2014

Abstract

A search is presented for production of dark-matter particles recoiling against a leptonically decaying Z boson in 20.3fb1 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.

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  • Received 31 March 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.012004

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Vol. 90, Iss. 1 — 1 July 2014

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