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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254588103321

Autore

Morgante Enrico

Titolo

Aspects of WIMP Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and Other Probes / / by Enrico Morgante

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-67606-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 212 p. 50 illus., 42 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

523.1

Soggetti

Cosmology

Nuclear physics

Physical measurements

Measurement

Particle and Nuclear Physics

Measurement Science and Instrumentation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.