Search for Dark Matter and Supersymmetry with a Compressed Mass Spectrum in the Vector Boson Fusion Topology in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=8 TeV

A first search for pair production of dark matter candidates through vector boson fusion in proton-proton collisions at root s = 8 TeV is performed with the CMS detector. The vector boson fusion topology enhances missing transverse momentum, providing a way to probe supersymmetry, even in the case of a compressed mass spectrum. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 18.5 fb(-1), recorded by the CMS experiment. The observed dijet mass spectrum is consistent with the standard model expectation. In an effective field theory, dark matter masses are explored as a function of contact interaction strength. The most stringent limit on bottom squark production with mass below 315 GeV is also reported, assuming a 5 GeV mass difference with respect to the lightest neutralino.

Source:
Physical Review Letters, 2017, 118, 2

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BMWFW (Austria), FWF (Austria), FNRS (Belgium), FWO (Belgium), CNPq (Brazil), CAPES (Brazil), FAPERJ (Brazil), FAPESP (Brazil), MES (Bulgaria), CERN, CAS (China), MoST (China), NSFC (China), COLCIENCIAS (Colombia), MSES (Croatia), Croatian Science Foundation CSF (Croatia), RPF (Cyprus), MoER (Estonia), ERC IUT (Estonia), ERDF (Estonia), Academy of Finland, MEC (Finland), HIP (Finland), CEA (France), CNRS/IN2P3 (France), BMBF, Germany, DFG (Germany), HGF (Germany), GSRT (Greece), OTKA (Hungary), NIH (Hungary), DAE (India), DST (India), IPM (Iran), SFI (Ireland), INFN (Italy), MSIP (Republic of Korea), NRF (Republic of Korea), LAS (Lithuania), MOE (Malaysia), UM (Malaysia), BUAP (Mexico), CINVESTAV (Mexico), CONACYT (Mexico), LNS (Mexico), SEP (Mexico), UASLP-FAI (Mexico), MBIE (New Zealand), PAEC (Pakistan), MSHE (Poland), NSC (Poland), FCT (Portugal), JINR (Dubna), MON (Russia), RosAtom (Russia), RAS (Russia), RFBR (Russia), MESTD (Serbia), SEIDI(Spain), CPAN (Spain), Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland), MST (Taipei), ThEPCenter (Thailand), IPST (Thailand), STAR (Thailand), NSTDA (Thailand), TUBITAK (Turkey), TAEK (Turkey), NASU (Ukraine), SFFR (Ukraine), STFC (United Kingdom), DOE (USA), NSF (USA), Marie-Curie program (European Union), European Research Council (European Union), EPLANET (European Union), Leventis Foundation, A.P. Sloan Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, Fonds pour la Formation a la Recherche dans lIndustrie et dans lAgriculture (FRIA-Belgium), Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium), Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic, Council of Science and Industrial Research, India, HOMING PLUS program of the Foundation for Polish Science, Mobility Plus program of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland), OPUS program of the National Science Center (Poland), Thalis and Aristeia programs - EU-ESF, Greek NSRF, National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund, Programa Clarin-COFUND del Principado de Asturias, Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Chulalongkorn Academic into Its 2nd Century Project Advancement Project (Thailand), Welch Foundation [C-1845], European Union, Regional Development Fund

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021802

ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114

PubMed: 28128610

WoS: 000391927700004

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85010878240

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year = "2017",
abstract = "A first search for pair production of dark matter candidates through vector boson fusion in proton-proton collisions at root s = 8 TeV is performed with the CMS detector. The vector boson fusion topology enhances missing transverse momentum, providing a way to probe supersymmetry, even in the case of a compressed mass spectrum. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 18.5 fb(-1), recorded by the CMS experiment. The observed dijet mass spectrum is consistent with the standard model expectation. In an effective field theory, dark matter masses are explored as a function of contact interaction strength. The most stringent limit on bottom squark production with mass below 315 GeV is also reported, assuming a 5 GeV mass difference with respect to the lightest neutralino.",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
title = "Search for Dark Matter and Supersymmetry with a Compressed Mass Spectrum in the Vector Boson Fusion Topology in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=8 TeV",
volume = "118",
number = "2",
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Khachatryan, V., Adžić, P., Ćirković, P., Devetak, D., Milošević, J., Reković, V., Đorđević, M.,& Milenović, P.. (2017). Search for Dark Matter and Supersymmetry with a Compressed Mass Spectrum in the Vector Boson Fusion Topology in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=8 TeV. in Physical Review Letters, 118(2).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021802

Khachatryan V, Adžić P, Ćirković P, Devetak D, Milošević J, Reković V, Đorđević M, Milenović P. Search for Dark Matter and Supersymmetry with a Compressed Mass Spectrum in the Vector Boson Fusion Topology in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=8 TeV. in Physical Review Letters. 2017;118(2).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021802 .

Khachatryan, V., Adžić, Petar, Ćirković, Predrag, Devetak, Damir, Milošević, Jovan, Reković, Vladimir, Đorđević, Miloš, Milenović, Predrag, "Search for Dark Matter and Supersymmetry with a Compressed Mass Spectrum in the Vector Boson Fusion Topology in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=8 TeV" in Physical Review Letters, 118, no. 2 (2017),
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021802 . .