Dark Sector Searches at the CMS Experiment

Several astrophysical observations show that about 85% of the entire universe consists of dark matter, the origin of which is unknown. Observations particularly from PAMELA, AMS, etc. have triggered light dark matter and dark sector scenarios (Adriani et al. (PAMELA Collab.) in Natue (London) 458:607, 2009,[1]). Attempts to formulate a unified theoretical framework to explain these observations have led to dark sector models. Some of the recent results for searches involving dark photons and dark-sector particles from the CMS experiment is presented Some of the recent results for searches involving dark photons and dark-sector particles from the CMS experiment is presented[2].