03428nam 22005535 450 991025458810332120200706165740.03-319-67606-710.1007/978-3-319-67606-7(CKB)4100000000882501(DE-He213)978-3-319-67606-7(MiAaPQ)EBC5091976(PPN)220126232(EXLCZ)99410000000088250120171005d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAspects of WIMP Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and Other Probes /by Enrico Morgante1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XX, 212 p. 50 illus., 42 illus. in color.) Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-50533-319-67605-9 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.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.Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053CosmologyNuclear physicsPhysical measurementsMeasurementCosmologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22049Particle and Nuclear Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23002Measurement Science and Instrumentationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P31040Cosmology.Nuclear physics.Physical measurements.Measurement.Cosmology.Particle and Nuclear Physics.Measurement Science and Instrumentation.523.1Morgante Enricoauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut818353BOOK9910254588103321Aspects of WIMP Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and Other Probes2000192UNINA