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Aspects of WIMP Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and Other Probes / by Enrico Morgante.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgante, Enrico., Author.
- Series:
- Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, 2190-5053
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Nuclear physics.
- Physical measurements.
- Measurement.
- Particle and Nuclear Physics.
- Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
- Local Subjects:
- Cosmology.
- Particle and Nuclear Physics.
- Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XX, 212 p. 50 illus., 42 illus. in color.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2017.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Part I: Introduction
- Generalities about Dark Matter
- Part II: Direct and Indirect WIMP Searches
- Direct Detection of Wimps
- Indirect Detection
- Focus on AMS-02 Anti-protons Results
- Part III: LHC Searches
- Dark Matter Searches at the LHC
- The EFT Approach and its Validity
- Simplified Models
- Relic Density.- Part IV: Complementary Searches in the Simplified Model Framework
- A U(1)’ Gauge Mediator
- A 750 Gev Pseudo-scalar Mediator
- Conclusions.
- ISBN:
- 3-319-67606-7
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