Search for dark matter in association with an energetic photon in <i>pp</i> collisions at √<i>s</i>=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector



Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Abhayasinghe, DK, Abidi, SH, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H
et al (show 2917 more authors) (2021) Search for dark matter in association with an energetic photon in <i>pp</i> collisions at √<i>s</i>=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 02 (2). 226-.

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Abstract

A search for dark matter is conducted in final states containing a photon and missing transverse momentum in proton$-$proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV. The data, collected during 2015$-$2018 by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb$^{-1}$. No deviations from the predictions of the Standard Model are observed and 95% confidence-level upper limits between 2.45 fb and 0.5 fb are set on the visible cross section for contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model, in different ranges of the missing transverse momentum. The results are interpreted as 95% confidence-level limits in models where weakly interacting dark-matter candidates are pair-produced via an s-channel axial-vector or vector mediator. Dark-matter candidates with masses up to 415 (580) GeV are excluded for axial-vector (vector) mediators, while the maximum excluded mass of the mediator is 1460 (1470) GeV. In addition, the results are expressed in terms of 95% confidence-level limits on the parameters of a model with an axion-like particle produced in association with a photon, and are used to constrain the coupling $g_{aZ\gamma}$ of an axion-like particle to the electroweak gauge bosons.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 46 pages in total, author list starting page 24, 7 figures, 8 tables, submitted to JHEP. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at: https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2018-63/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Dark matter, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2021 08:32
Last Modified: 16 Oct 2023 18:00
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2021)226
Open Access URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP02...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3117992