Probing Dark Matter at the LHC using Vector Boson Fusion Processes

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of vector boson fusion processes at the LHC to detect supersymmetric dark matter, focusing on Wino and Bino-Higgsino candidates, and assesses the collider's sensitivity to their masses.

Contribution

It presents a feasibility study for dark matter detection via VBF processes at 14 TeV LHC, including prospects for relic density determination.

Findings

LHC can probe Wino dark matter up to ~600 GeV with 1000 fb$^{-1}$ luminosity.

VBF processes offer a promising channel for supersymmetric dark matter searches.

The study provides a framework for future experimental analyses.

Abstract

Vector boson fusion (VBF) processes at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) provide a unique opportunity to search for new physics with electroweak couplings. A feasibility study for the search of supersymmetric dark matter in the final state of two VBF jets and large missing transverse energy is presented at 14 TeV. Prospects for determining the dark matter relic density are studied for the cases of Wino and Bino-Higgsino dark matter. The LHC could probe Wino dark matter with mass up to approximately 600 GeV with a luminosity of 1000 fb$^{-1}$.