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Multilepton Signatures from Dark Matter at the LHC

Multilepton Signatures from Dark Matter at the LHC
Multilepton Signatures from Dark Matter at the LHC
Leptonic signatures of Dark Matter (DM) are one of the cleanest ways to discover such a secluded form of matter at high energy colliders. We explore the full parameter space relevant to multi-lepton (2- and 3-lepton) signatures at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) from representative minimal consistent models with scalar and fermion DM. In our analysis, we suggest a new parametrisation of the model parameter spaces in terms of the DM mass and mass differences between DM and its multiplet partners. This parametrisation allows us to explore properties of DM models in their whole parameter space. This approach is generic and quite model-independent since the mass differences are related to the couplings of the DM to the Standard Model (SM) sector. We establish the most up-to-date LHC limits on the inert 2-Higgs Doublet Model (i2HDM) and Minimal Fermion DM (MFDM) model parameter spaces, by using the complementary information stemming from 2- and 3-lepton signatures. We provide a map of LHC efficiencies and cross-section limits for such 2- and 3-lepton signatures allowing one to easily make model-independent reinterpretations of LHC results for analogous classes of models. We also present combined constraints from the LHC, DM relic density and direct search experiments indicating the current status of the i2HDM and MFDM model.
Dark Matter at Colliders, Models for Dark Matter, Particle Nature of Dark Matter
1126-6708
Belyaev, Alexander
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Blumenschein, Ulla
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Freegard, Arran
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Moretti, Stefano
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Sengupta, Dipan
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Belyaev, Alexander
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Moretti, Stefano
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Belyaev, Alexander, Blumenschein, Ulla, Freegard, Arran, Moretti, Stefano and Sengupta, Dipan (2022) Multilepton Signatures from Dark Matter at the LHC. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 (9), [173]. (doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2022)173).

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Abstract

Leptonic signatures of Dark Matter (DM) are one of the cleanest ways to discover such a secluded form of matter at high energy colliders. We explore the full parameter space relevant to multi-lepton (2- and 3-lepton) signatures at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) from representative minimal consistent models with scalar and fermion DM. In our analysis, we suggest a new parametrisation of the model parameter spaces in terms of the DM mass and mass differences between DM and its multiplet partners. This parametrisation allows us to explore properties of DM models in their whole parameter space. This approach is generic and quite model-independent since the mass differences are related to the couplings of the DM to the Standard Model (SM) sector. We establish the most up-to-date LHC limits on the inert 2-Higgs Doublet Model (i2HDM) and Minimal Fermion DM (MFDM) model parameter spaces, by using the complementary information stemming from 2- and 3-lepton signatures. We provide a map of LHC efficiencies and cross-section limits for such 2- and 3-lepton signatures allowing one to easily make model-independent reinterpretations of LHC results for analogous classes of models. We also present combined constraints from the LHC, DM relic density and direct search experiments indicating the current status of the i2HDM and MFDM model.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 August 2022
Published date: 21 September 2022
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
Keywords: Dark Matter at Colliders, Models for Dark Matter, Particle Nature of Dark Matter

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Local EPrints ID: 472294
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/472294
ISSN: 1126-6708
PURE UUID: 8f094169-674e-429f-828c-ea781fdbbfa5
ORCID for Alexander Belyaev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-4408
ORCID for Stefano Moretti: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8601-7246

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Date deposited: 30 Nov 2022 17:49
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 03:06

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Author: Ulla Blumenschein
Author: Arran Freegard
Author: Stefano Moretti ORCID iD
Author: Dipan Sengupta

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