A search for evidence of particle dark matter (DM) and unparticle production at the LHC has been performed using events containing two charged leptons, consistent with the decay of a Z boson, and large missing transverse momentum. This study is based on data collected with the CMS detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1) of pp collisions at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. No significant excess of events is observed above the number expected from the standard model contributions. The results are interpreted in terms of 90 confidence level limits on the DM-nucleon scattering cross section, as a function of the DM particle mass, for both spin-dependent and spin-independent scenarios. Limits are set on the effective cutoff scale., and on the annihilation rate for DM particles, assuming that their branching fraction to quarks is 100 . Additionally, the most stringent 95 confidence level limits to date on the unparticle model parameters are obtained.
Search for dark matter and unparticles produced in association with a Z boson in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV
Abbrescia M.;De Palma M.;My S.;Nuzzo S.;Pompili A.;Selvaggi G.;Venditti R.;
2016-01-01
Abstract
A search for evidence of particle dark matter (DM) and unparticle production at the LHC has been performed using events containing two charged leptons, consistent with the decay of a Z boson, and large missing transverse momentum. This study is based on data collected with the CMS detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1) of pp collisions at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. No significant excess of events is observed above the number expected from the standard model contributions. The results are interpreted in terms of 90 confidence level limits on the DM-nucleon scattering cross section, as a function of the DM particle mass, for both spin-dependent and spin-independent scenarios. Limits are set on the effective cutoff scale., and on the annihilation rate for DM particles, assuming that their branching fraction to quarks is 100 . Additionally, the most stringent 95 confidence level limits to date on the unparticle model parameters are obtained.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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