Dark Matter Searches at Colliders

TL;DR

This review discusses how the Large Hadron Collider searches for particle dark matter, highlighting experimental challenges, potential future observations, and the role of collider experiments within the broader dark matter research landscape.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of collider-based dark matter searches, emphasizing current challenges and future prospects at the LHC.

Findings

Collider searches complement other dark matter detection methods.

The LHC has yet to find definitive dark matter signals.

Future collider experiments could improve detection sensitivity.

Abstract

Colliders, among the most successful tools of particle physics, have revealed much about matter. This review describes how colliders contribute to the search for particle dark matter, focusing on the highest-energy collider currently in operation, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. In the absence of hints about the character of interactions between dark matter and standard matter, this review emphasizes what could be observed in the near future, presents the main experimental challenges, and discusses how collider searches fit into the broader field of dark matter searches. Finally, it highlights a few areas to watch for the future LHC program.