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Searching for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector

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Authors:
  1. Steven Schramm

    1. Section de physique, University of Geneva Section de physique, Geneva, Switzerland

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the ATLAS collaboration at CERN
  • First complete evaluation of the validity of Dark Matter Effective Field Theories at the LHC energy scale
  • Full coverage of ATLAS methods for deriving jet energy scale uncertainties
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction and Motivation for Dark Matter

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 1-26

  3. The ATLAS Experiment

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 27-54

  4. ATLAS Reconstruction and Performance

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 55-69

  5. Jet Reconstruction and Performance

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 71-126

  6. Jet Uncertainties

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 127-166

  7. The Mono-Jet Analysis

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 167-236

  8. Mono-jet Dark Matter Interpretation

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 237-265

  9. Mono-jet Prospects at an Upgraded LHC

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 267-281

  10. Conclusions

    • Steven Schramm
    Pages 283-285

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 287-324
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About this book

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 sensitivity to new signals.  Instead, a balance between the most energetic jet and the missing transverse momentum is required, thus selecting mono-jet-like final states.
 
Collider searches for Dark Matter have typically used signal models employing effective field theories (EFTs), even when comparing to results from direct and indirect detection experiments, where the difference in energy scale renders many such comparisons invalid.  The thesis features the first robust and comprehensive treatment of the validity of EFTs in collider searches, and provides a means by which the different classifications of Dark Matter experiments can be compared on asound and fair basis.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Section de physique, University of Geneva Section de physique, Geneva, Switzerland

    Steven Schramm

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Searching for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector

  • Authors: Steven Schramm

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44453-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44452-9Published: 21 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83056-8Published: 07 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44453-6Published: 23 November 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 324

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 135 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Cosmology, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

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