Actual Physics behind Mono-X
Elias Bernreuther, Jan Horak, Tilman Plehn, Anja Butter
TL;DR
This paper clarifies the physics behind mono-X dark matter searches at the LHC, showing how initial state radiation relates to mono-jet searches, analyzing decay signatures, and proposing new search channels involving mono-W and mono-Higgs pairs.
Contribution
It systematically studies mono-X signatures from decays of heavier dark matter states and explores new search strategies involving mono-W and mono-Higgs pairs.
Findings
Mono-jet searches dominate initial state radiation scenarios.
Light NMSSM mediators reduce direct detection constraints for mono-Z and mono-Higgs signals.
Decay topologies suggest new mono-W-pair and mono-Higgs-pair search channels.
Abstract
Mono-X searches are standard dark matter search strategies at the LHC. First, we show how in the case of initial state radiation they essentially collapse to mono-jet searches. Second, we systematically study mono-X signatures from decays of heavier dark matter states. Direct detection constraints strongly limit our MSSM expectations, but largely vanish for mono-Z and mono-Higgs signals once we include light NMSSM mediators. Finally, the decay topology motivates mono-W-pair and mono-Higgs-pair searches, strengthening and complementing their mono-X counterparts.
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