Searching for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector

This thesis describes the search for Dark Matter at the LHC in the mono-jet plus missing transverse momentum final state, using the full dataset recorded in 2012 by the ATLAS Experiment. It is the first time that the number of jets is not explicitly restricted to one or two, thus increasing the sens...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schramm, Steven
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Contributions
  • Theoretical Background and Motivation for Dark Matter
  • The ATLAS Experiment
  • ATLAS Reconstruction and Performance
  • Jet Reconstruction and Performance
  • The Mono-jet Analysis
  • Mono-jet Dark Matter Interpretation
  • Mono-jet Prospects at an Upgraded LHC
  • Conclusions.