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Aspects of WIMP Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and Other Probes

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Gives a detailed overview of the present status of WIMP searches
  • Facilitates a fuller exploitation of the currently available discovery potential
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Introduction to Dark Matter

    • Enrico Morgante
    Pages 1-26
  3. Direct and Indirect WIMP Searches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
    2. Direct Detection of WIMPs

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 29-41
    3. Indirect Detection

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 43-68
    4. Focus on AMS-02 Anti-protons Results

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 69-82
  4. LHC Searches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
    2. Dark Matter Searches at the LHC

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 85-96
    3. The EFT Approach and Its Validity

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 97-123
    4. Simplified Models

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 125-141
    5. The Relic Density Constraint

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 143-153
    6. A U(1)’ Gauge Mediator

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 155-179
    7. Conclusions

      • Enrico Morgante
      Pages 181-184
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 185-212

About this book

This thesis covers several theoretical aspects of WIMP (weakly interacting massive particles) dark matter searches, with a particular emphasis on colliders. It mainly focuses on the use of effective field theories as a tool for Large Hadron Collider (LHC) searches, discussing in detail the issue of their validity, and on simplified dark matter models, which are receiving a growing attention from the physics community. It highlights the theoretical consistency of simplified models, which is essential in order to correctly exploit their potential and for them to be a common reference when comparing results from different experiments. This thesis is of interest to researchers (both theorists and experimentalists) in the field of dark matter searches, and offers a comprehensive introduction to dark matter and to WIMP searches for students and non-experts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany

    Enrico Morgante

About the author

Enrico Morgante graduated in Theoretical Physics at University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore in 2012. He obtained his PhD in 2016 from University of Geneva, Switzerland. Since then, he has been part of the Theory department in DESY, Hamburg, as a post-doc.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aspects of WIMP Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and Other Probes

  • Authors: Enrico Morgante

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67606-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67605-0Published: 13 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88456-1Published: 15 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67606-7Published: 05 October 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 212

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cosmology, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Measurement Science and Instrumentation

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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