Searching for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector

Searching for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector

Schramm, Steven

Springer International Publishing AG

12/2016

324

Dura

Inglês

9783319444529

15 a 20 dias

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.
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.
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