Probing the sensitivity of semi-visible jets to current LHC measurements using the CONTUR toolkit

TL;DR

This paper investigates how semi-visible jets, originating from a dark sector, can be constrained by existing LHC measurements, providing a new way to explore dark matter models indirectly.

Contribution

It introduces a method to derive indirect constraints on dark sector parameters using the CONTUR toolkit and current LHC data.

Findings

Constraints on dark hadron masses and couplings are established.

Semi-visible jets can be probed through existing collider measurements.

The approach complements direct searches for dark sector signatures.

Abstract

Semi-visible jets arise from a hypothetical, strongly interacting ``dark sector'' -- a dark counterpart of quantum chromodynamics whose partial decays back to Standard Model particles introduce new types of collider BSM signature. CMS and ATLAS have have searched for semi-visible jets in the resonant and non-resonant production modes and set constraints on mediator mass values. In this work, indirect constraints on various model parameters, such as dark hadron masses and coupling strengths, are explored using LHC measurements.