Publication
Title
Search for dark matter produced in association with a leptonically decaying Z boson in proton-proton collisions at √s=13TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
A search for dark matter particles is performed using events with a Z boson candidate and large missing transverse momentum. The analysis is based on proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016-2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1). The search uses the decay channels Z -> ee and Z -> mu mu. No significant excess of events is observed over the background expected from the standard model. Limits are set on dark matter particle production in the context of simplified models with vector, axial-vector, scalar, and pseudoscalar mediators, as well as on a two-Higgs-doublet model with an additional pseudoscalar mediator. In addition, limits are provided for spin-dependent and spin-independent scattering cross sections and are compared to those from direct-detection experiments. The results are also interpreted in the context ofmodels of invisible Higgs boson decays, unparticles, and large extra dimensions.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European physical journal : C : particles and fields. - Berlin
Publication
Berlin : 2021
ISSN
1434-6044
1434-6052
DOI
10.1140/EPJC/S10052-020-08739-5
Volume/pages
81 :1 (2021) , 33 p.
Article Reference
13
ISI
000610446600003
Pubmed ID
33493254
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Publication type
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 15.03.2021
Last edited 21.11.2024
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