Search for Dark Matter in Mono-Photon Events at 13 TeV with ATLAS

A search for Dark Matter in events with an energetic photon and large missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS experiment is presented. The analysis is performed on the data collected from proton-proton collisions delivered by the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb−1. A solid estimation of the amount of mono-photon events that are due to Standard Model processes is the key ingredient for this search. The techniques developed at this aim are presented. Results are interpreted in terms of direct production of Dark Matter particles.