Search for resonant production of strongly coupled dark matter in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV

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Search for resonant production of strongly coupled dark matter in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV. / The CMS collaboration.

In: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2022, No. 6, 156, 06.2022.

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The CMS collaboration. Search for resonant production of strongly coupled dark matter in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2022 Jun;2022(6):156. doi: 10.1007/JHEP06(2022)156

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The CMS collaboration. / Search for resonant production of strongly coupled dark matter in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV. In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2022 ; Vol. 2022, No. 6.

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@article{c551ef4d47cb4439b8c067ca257df687,

title = "Search for resonant production of strongly coupled dark matter in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV",

abstract = "The first collider search for dark matter arising from a strongly coupled hidden sector is presented and uses a data sample corresponding to 138 fb−1, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC, at s = 13 TeV. The hidden sector is hypothesized to couple to the standard model (SM) via a heavy leptophobic Z′ mediator produced as a resonance in proton-proton collisions. The mediator decay results in two “semivisible” jets, containing both visible matter and invisible dark matter. The final state therefore includes moderate missing energy aligned with one of the jets, a signature ignored by most dark matter searches. No structure in the dijet transverse mass spectra compatible with the signal is observed. Assuming the Z′ boson has a universal coupling of 0.25 to the SM quarks, an inclusive search, relevant to any model that exhibits this kinematic behavior, excludes mediator masses of 1.5–4.0 TeV at 95% confidence level, depending on the other signal model parameters. To enhance the sensitivity of the search for this particular class of hidden sector models, a boosted decision tree (BDT) is trained using jet substructure variables to distinguish between semivisible jets and SM jets from background processes. When the BDT is employed to identify each jet in the dijet system as semivisible, the mediator mass exclusion increases to 5.1 TeV, for wider ranges of the other signal model parameters. These limits exclude a wide range of strongly coupled hidden sector models for the first time.",

keywords = "Beyond Standard Model, Dark Matter, Hadron-Hadron Scattering",

author = "{The CMS collaboration} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and Andrejkovic, {J. W.} and T. Bergauer and S. Chatterjee and K. Damanakis and M. Dragicevic and {Escalante Del Valle}, A. and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and L. Lechner and D. Liko and I. Mikulec and P. Paulitsch and Pitters, {F. M.} and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and D. Schwarz and S. Templ and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and V. Chekhovsky and A. Litomin and V. Makarenko and Darwish, {M. R.} and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and T. Janssen and T. Kello and A. Lelek and {Rejeb Sfar}, H. and {Van Mechelen}, P. and {Van Putte}, S. and {Van Remortel}, N. and Bols, {E. S.} and J. D{\textquoteright}Hondt and {De Moor}, A. and M. Delcourt and {El Faham}, H. and S. Lowette and S. Moortgat and A. Morton and D. M{\"u}ller and V. Blinov and T. Dimova and L. Kardapoltsev and A. Kozyrev and I. Ovtin and O. Radchenko and Y. Skovpen",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).",

year = "2022",

month = jun,

doi = "10.1007/JHEP06(2022)156",

language = "English",

volume = "2022",

journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",

issn = "1029-8479",

publisher = "Springer US",

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T1 - Search for resonant production of strongly coupled dark matter in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV

AU - The CMS collaboration

AU - Tumasyan, A.

AU - Adam, W.

AU - Andrejkovic, J. W.

AU - Bergauer, T.

AU - Chatterjee, S.

AU - Damanakis, K.

AU - Dragicevic, M.

AU - Escalante Del Valle, A.

AU - Frühwirth, R.

AU - Jeitler, M.

AU - Krammer, N.

AU - Lechner, L.

AU - Liko, D.

AU - Mikulec, I.

AU - Paulitsch, P.

AU - Pitters, F. M.

AU - Schieck, J.

AU - Schöfbeck, R.

AU - Schwarz, D.

AU - Templ, S.

AU - Waltenberger, W.

AU - Wulz, C. E.

AU - Chekhovsky, V.

AU - Litomin, A.

AU - Makarenko, V.

AU - Darwish, M. R.

AU - De Wolf, E. A.

AU - Janssen, T.

AU - Kello, T.

AU - Lelek, A.

AU - Rejeb Sfar, H.

AU - Van Mechelen, P.

AU - Van Putte, S.

AU - Van Remortel, N.

AU - Bols, E. S.

AU - D’Hondt, J.

AU - De Moor, A.

AU - Delcourt, M.

AU - El Faham, H.

AU - Lowette, S.

AU - Moortgat, S.

AU - Morton, A.

AU - Müller, D.

AU - Blinov, V.

AU - Dimova, T.

AU - Kardapoltsev, L.

AU - Kozyrev, A.

AU - Ovtin, I.

AU - Radchenko, O.

AU - Skovpen, Y.

PY - 2022/6

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N2 - The first collider search for dark matter arising from a strongly coupled hidden sector is presented and uses a data sample corresponding to 138 fb−1, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC, at s = 13 TeV. The hidden sector is hypothesized to couple to the standard model (SM) via a heavy leptophobic Z′ mediator produced as a resonance in proton-proton collisions. The mediator decay results in two “semivisible” jets, containing both visible matter and invisible dark matter. The final state therefore includes moderate missing energy aligned with one of the jets, a signature ignored by most dark matter searches. No structure in the dijet transverse mass spectra compatible with the signal is observed. Assuming the Z′ boson has a universal coupling of 0.25 to the SM quarks, an inclusive search, relevant to any model that exhibits this kinematic behavior, excludes mediator masses of 1.5–4.0 TeV at 95% confidence level, depending on the other signal model parameters. To enhance the sensitivity of the search for this particular class of hidden sector models, a boosted decision tree (BDT) is trained using jet substructure variables to distinguish between semivisible jets and SM jets from background processes. When the BDT is employed to identify each jet in the dijet system as semivisible, the mediator mass exclusion increases to 5.1 TeV, for wider ranges of the other signal model parameters. These limits exclude a wide range of strongly coupled hidden sector models for the first time.

AB - The first collider search for dark matter arising from a strongly coupled hidden sector is presented and uses a data sample corresponding to 138 fb−1, collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC, at s = 13 TeV. The hidden sector is hypothesized to couple to the standard model (SM) via a heavy leptophobic Z′ mediator produced as a resonance in proton-proton collisions. The mediator decay results in two “semivisible” jets, containing both visible matter and invisible dark matter. The final state therefore includes moderate missing energy aligned with one of the jets, a signature ignored by most dark matter searches. No structure in the dijet transverse mass spectra compatible with the signal is observed. Assuming the Z′ boson has a universal coupling of 0.25 to the SM quarks, an inclusive search, relevant to any model that exhibits this kinematic behavior, excludes mediator masses of 1.5–4.0 TeV at 95% confidence level, depending on the other signal model parameters. To enhance the sensitivity of the search for this particular class of hidden sector models, a boosted decision tree (BDT) is trained using jet substructure variables to distinguish between semivisible jets and SM jets from background processes. When the BDT is employed to identify each jet in the dijet system as semivisible, the mediator mass exclusion increases to 5.1 TeV, for wider ranges of the other signal model parameters. These limits exclude a wide range of strongly coupled hidden sector models for the first time.

KW - Beyond Standard Model

KW - Dark Matter

KW - Hadron-Hadron Scattering

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DO - 10.1007/JHEP06(2022)156

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