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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review D Année : 2016

Search for dark matter and unparticles produced in association with a Z boson in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV

V. Khachatryan , M. Besançon (1) , F. Couderc , M. Dejardin (1) , D. Denegri (1) , B. Fabbro (1) , J.L. Faure , C. Favaro (1) , F. Ferri (1) , S. Ganjour (1) , A. Givernaud (1) , P. Gras (1) , G. Hamel De Monchenault (1) , P. Jarry (1) , E. Locci (1) , M. Machet (1) , J. Malcles (1) , J. Rander (1) , A. Rosowsky (1) , M. Titov (1) , A. Zghiche (1) , I. Antropov (1) , S. Baffioni (2) , F. Beaudette (2) , P. Busson (2) , L. Cadamuro (2) , E. Chapon (2) , C. Charlot (2) , T. Dahms (2) , O. Davignon (2) , N. Filipovic (2) , R. Granier De Cassagnac (2) , M. Jo (2) , S. Lisniak (2) , L. Mastrolorenzo (2) , P. Mine (2) , I.N. Naranjo (2) , M. Nguyen , C. Ochando (2) , G. Ortona (2) , P. Paganini (2) , P. Pigard (2) , S. Regnard (2) , R. Salerno (2) , J.B. Sauvan (2) , Y. Sirois (2) , T. Strebler (2) , Y. Yilmaz (2) , A. Zabi (2) , J.-L. Agram (3) , J. Andrea (3) , A. Aubin (3) , D. Bloch (3) , J.-M. Brom (3) , M. Buttignol (3) , E.C. Chabert (3) , N. Chanon (3) , C. Collard (3) , E. Conte (3) , X. Coubez (3) , J.-C. Fontaine (3) , D. Gele (3) , U. Goerlach (3) , C. Goetzmann (3) , A.-C. Le Bihan (3) , J.A. Merlin (3) , K. Skovpen (3) , P. Van Hove (3) , S. Gadrat (4) , S. Beauceron (5) , C. Bernet (5) , G. Boudoul (5) , E. Bouvier (5) , C.A. Carrillo Montoya (5) , R. Chierici (5) , D. Contardo (5) , B. Courbon (5) , P. Depasse (5) , H. El Mamouni (5) , J. Fan (5) , J. Fay (5) , S. Gascon (5) , M. Gouzevitch (5) , B. Ille (5) , Fabienne Lagarde , I.B. Laktineh (5) , M. Lethuillier (5) , L. Mirabito (5) , A.L. Pequegnot (5) , S. Perries (5) , J.D. Ruiz Alvarez , D. Sabes (5) , L. Sgandurra (5) , V. Sordini (5) , M. Vander Donckt (5) , P. Verdier (5) , S. Viret (5)
V. Khachatryan
  • Fonction : Auteur
F. Couderc
  • Fonction : Auteur
J.L. Faure
  • Fonction : Auteur
P. Busson
R. Granier De Cassagnac
M. Nguyen
  • Fonction : Auteur
P. Paganini
T. Strebler
J.-L. Agram
N. Chanon
C. Collard
E. Conte
D. Contardo
M. Gouzevitch
Fabienne Lagarde
M. Lethuillier
J.D. Ruiz Alvarez
  • Fonction : Auteur
V. Sordini
P. Verdier
S. Viret

Résumé

A search for evidence of particle dark matter (DM) and unparticle production at the LHC has been performed using events containing two charged leptons, consistent with the decay of a Z boson, and large missing transverse momentum. This study is based on data collected with the CMS detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 inverse femtobarns of pp collisions at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. No excess of events is observed above the number expected from the standard model contributions. The results are interpreted in terms of 90% confidence level limits on the DM-nucleon scattering cross section, as a function of the DM particle mass, for both spin-dependent and spin-independent scenarios. Limits are set on the effective cutoff scale Lambda, and on the annihilation rate for DM particles, assuming that their branching fraction to quarks is 100%. Additionally, the most stringent 95% confidence level limits to date on the unparticle model parameters are obtained.

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in2p3-01235919 , version 1 (01-12-2015)

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V. Khachatryan, M. Besançon, F. Couderc, M. Dejardin, D. Denegri, et al.. Search for dark matter and unparticles produced in association with a Z boson in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. Physical Review D, 2016, 93, pp.052011 ⟨10.1103/PhysRevD.93.052011⟩. ⟨in2p3-01235919⟩
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