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Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in s = 13  TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector.

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Aaboud, M; Aad, G; Abbott, B; Abdinov, O; Abeloos, B; Abidi, SH; AbouZeid, OS; Abraham, NL; Abramowicz, H; Abreu, H; Abreu, R; Abulaiti, Y ...
Published in: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
January 2018

A search for weakly interacting massive dark-matter particles produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and missing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1 fb - 1 of proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at s = 13  TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are interpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour-neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross-section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50 GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour-charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV , mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements.

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The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields

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1434-6052

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1434-6044

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

78

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1

Start / End Page

18

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Aaboud, M., Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Abidi, S. H., … Cobal, M. (2018). Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in s = 13  TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. The European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, 78(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5486-1
Aaboud, M., G. Aad, B. Abbott, O. Abdinov, B. Abeloos, S. H. Abidi, O. S. AbouZeid, et al. “Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in s = 13  TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector.The European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields 78, no. 1 (January 2018): 18. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5486-1.
Aaboud M, Aad G, Abbott B, Abdinov O, Abeloos B, Abidi SH, et al. Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in s = 13  TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. The European physical journal C, Particles and fields. 2018 Jan;78(1):18.
Aaboud, M., et al. “Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in s = 13  TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector.The European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, vol. 78, no. 1, Jan. 2018, p. 18. Epmc, doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5486-1.
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Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in s = 13  TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. The European physical journal C, Particles and fields. 2018 Jan;78(1):18.
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Published In

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields

DOI

EISSN

1434-6052

ISSN

1434-6044

Publication Date

January 2018

Volume

78

Issue

1

Start / End Page

18

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics