The Pursuit of Dark Matter at Colliders - An Overview

TL;DR

This paper reviews collider-based dark matter searches, emphasizing their unique role alongside astrophysical methods in probing dark matter particles across different mass ranges and interaction types.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent experimental and phenomenological developments in collider dark matter searches and their integration with broader research efforts.

Findings

Collider searches are sensitive to low dark matter masses.

They offer complementary information at higher masses.

Collider methods have distinct systematic uncertainties.

Abstract

Dark matter is one of the main puzzles in fundamental physics and the goal of a diverse, multi-pronged research program. Underground and astrophysical searches search for dark matter particles in the cosmos, either by interacting directly or by searching for dark matter annihilation. Particle colliders, in contrast, might produce dark matter in the laboratory and are able to probe all basic interactions. They are sensitive to low dark matter masses, provide complementary information at higher masses and are subject to different systematic uncertainties. Collider searches are therefore an important part of an inter- disciplinary dark matter search strategy. This article highlights the experimental and phenomenological development in collider dark matters searches of recent years and their connection with the wider field.