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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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Autores principales: Giudice, Gian Francesco, Gripaios, Ben, Mahbubani, Rakhi
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2011
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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
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Gripaios, Ben
Mahbubani, Rakhi
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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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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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