Articulo
Search for dark matter in events with a hadronically decaying vector boson and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Autor
Alconada Verzini, María Josefina
Alonso, Francisco
Arduh, Francisco Anuar
Dova, María Teresa
Hoya, Joaquín
Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The ATLAS Collaboration
Institución
Resumen
A search for dark matter (DM) particles produced in association with a hadronically decaying vector boson is performed using pp collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 13TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb-1, recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. This analysis improves on previous searches for processes with hadronic decays of W and Z bosons in association with large missing transverse momentum (mono-W/Z searches) due to the larger dataset and further optimization of the event selection and signal region de nitions. In addition to the mono-W/Z search, the as yet unexplored hypothesis of a new vector boson Z' produced in association with dark matter is considered (mono-Z' search). No signi cant excess over the Standard Model prediction is observed. The results of the mono-W/Z search are interpreted in terms of limits on invisible Higgs boson decays into dark matter particles, constraints on the parameter space of the simpli ed vector-mediator model and generic upper limits on the visible cross sections for W/Z+DM production. The results of the mono-Z' search are shown in the framework of several simpli ed-model scenarios involving DM production in association with the Z' boson. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas