Searching for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector

• Main Author: Schramm, Steven (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

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...

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. .