Probing Electroweakly Interacting Massive Particles with Drell-Yan Process at 100 TeV Hadron Colliders

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of future 100 TeV hadron colliders to indirectly detect electroweakly interacting massive particles (EWIMPs), especially Higgsinos, through precise Drell-Yan process measurements, extending mass reach up to 1.3 TeV.

Contribution

It demonstrates the effectiveness of Drell-Yan cross section measurements at 100 TeV colliders for probing EWIMPs, providing new insights into Higgsino detection and complementing existing methods.

Findings

Higgsino masses up to 1.3 TeV can be probed at 95% CL.

Drell-Yan process offers independent information on various EWIMPs.

The strategy is effective regardless of chargino-neutralino mass differences.

Abstract

There are many models beyond the standard model which include electroweakly interacting massive particles (EWIMPs), often in the context of the dark matter. In this paper, we study the indirect search of EWIMPs using a precise measurement of the Drell-Yan cross sections at future $100\,{\rm TeV}$ hadron colliders. It is revealed that this search strategy is suitable in particular for Higgsino and that the Higgsino mass up to about $1.3\,{\rm TeV}$ will be covered at $95\,\%$ C.L. irrespective of the chargino and neutralino mass difference. We also show that the study of the Drell-Yan process provides important and independent information about every kind of EWIMP in addition to Higgsino.