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Counting dark matter particles in LHC events
We suggest trying to count the number of invisible particles produced in missing energy events at the LHC, arguing that multiple production of such particles provides evidence that they constitute stable Dark Matter and that counting them could yield further insights into the nature of Dark Matter....
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.075019 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1374194 |
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author | Giudice, Gian Francesco Gripaios, Ben Mahbubani, Rakhi |
author_facet | Giudice, Gian Francesco Gripaios, Ben Mahbubani, Rakhi |
author_sort | Giudice, Gian Francesco |
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description | We suggest trying to count the number of invisible particles produced in missing energy events at the LHC, arguing that multiple production of such particles provides evidence that they constitute stable Dark Matter and that counting them could yield further insights into the nature of Dark Matter. We propose a method to count invisible particles, based on fitting the shapes of certain transverse- or invariant-mass distributions, discuss various effects that may affect the measurement, and simulate the use of the method to count neutrinos in Standard Model processes and Dark Matter candidates in new physics processes. |
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institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
language | eng |
publishDate | 2011 |
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spelling | cern-13741942023-03-14T19:46:20Zdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.85.075019http://cds.cern.ch/record/1374194engGiudice, Gian FrancescoGripaios, BenMahbubani, RakhiCounting dark matter particles in LHC eventsParticle Physics - PhenomenologyWe suggest trying to count the number of invisible particles produced in missing energy events at the LHC, arguing that multiple production of such particles provides evidence that they constitute stable Dark Matter and that counting them could yield further insights into the nature of Dark Matter. We propose a method to count invisible particles, based on fitting the shapes of certain transverse- or invariant-mass distributions, discuss various effects that may affect the measurement, and simulate the use of the method to count neutrinos in Standard Model processes and Dark Matter candidates in new physics processes.We suggest trying to count the number of invisible particles produced in missing energy events at the LHC, arguing that multiple production of such particles provides evidence that they constitute stable Dark Matter and that counting them could yield further insights into the nature of Dark Matter. We propose a method to count invisible particles, based on fitting the shapes of certain transverse- or invariant-mass distributions, discuss various effects that may affect the measurement, and simulate the use of the method to count neutrinos in Standard Model processes and Dark Matter candidates in new physics processes.arXiv:1108.1800CERN-PH-TH-2011-195CERN-PH-TH-2011-195oai:cds.cern.ch:13741942011-08-10 |
spellingShingle | Particle Physics - Phenomenology Giudice, Gian Francesco Gripaios, Ben Mahbubani, Rakhi Counting dark matter particles in LHC events |
title | Counting dark matter particles in LHC events |
title_full | Counting dark matter particles in LHC events |
title_fullStr | Counting dark matter particles in LHC events |
title_full_unstemmed | Counting dark matter particles in LHC events |
title_short | Counting dark matter particles in LHC events |
title_sort | counting dark matter particles in lhc events |
topic | Particle Physics - Phenomenology |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.075019 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1374194 |
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