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Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 78, No. 1, 18, 11.01.2018.

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The ATLAS collaboration. Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2018 Jan 11;78(1):18. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5486-1

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title = "Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s=13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "A search for weakly interacting massive dark-matter particles produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and missing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s=13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are interpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour-neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross-section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour-charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV , mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements.",
author = "Barton, {Adam Edward} and Michael Beattie and Bertram, {Iain Alexander} and Guennadi Borissov and Bouhova-Thacker, {Evelina Vassileva} and Harald Fox and Grimm, {Kathryn Ann Tschann} and Henderson, {Robert Charles William} and Jones, {Roger William Lewis} and Vakhtang Kartvelishvili and Long, {Robin Eamonn} and Love, {Peter Allan} and Muenstermann, {Daniel Matthias Alfred} and Parker, {Adam Jackson} and Malcolm Skinner and Maria Smizanska and Walder, {James William} and Andy Wharton and Ben Whitmore and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
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AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Evelina Vassileva

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Grimm, Kathryn Ann Tschann

AU - Henderson, Robert Charles William

AU - Jones, Roger William Lewis

AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang

AU - Long, Robin Eamonn

AU - Love, Peter Allan

AU - Muenstermann, Daniel Matthias Alfred

AU - Parker, Adam Jackson

AU - Skinner, Malcolm

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - Walder, James William

AU - Wharton, Andy

AU - Whitmore, Ben

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N2 - A search for weakly interacting massive dark-matter particles produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and missing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s=13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are interpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour-neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross-section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour-charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV , mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements.

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