Potential for discovery of a new dark matter WIMP at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider,Compact Linear Collider, or Future Circular Collider

A proposed new dark matter WIMP (weakly interacting massive particle) can be created in proton collisions through vector boson fusion. The cross-section is estimated to be very small -- roughly 1 femtobarn [1,2] -- but this should be attainable in the high-luminosity LHC (large hadron collider) within roughly the next 12-15 years, if an integrated luminosity of 3000 fb^-1 can be attained. Definitive observation and identification of this particle should be achievable with the proposed compact linear collider or future circular collider.

[1] Reagan Thornberry, Maxwell Throm, John Killough, Dylan Blend, Michael Erickson, Brian Sun, Brett Bays, Gabriel Frohaug, and Roland E. Allen, "Experimental signatures of a new dark matter WIMP", EPL [European Physics Letters] 134, 49001 (2021), arXiv:2104.11715 [hep-ph].

[2] Caden LaFontaine, Bailey Tallman, Spencer Ellis, Trevor Croteau, Brandon Torres, Sabrina Hernandez, Diego Cristancho Guerrero, Jessica Jaksik, Drue Lubanski, and Roland E. Allen, “A Dark Matter WIMP That Can Be Detected and Definitively Identified with Currently Planned Experiments", Universe 7, 270 (2021), arXiv:2107.14390 [hep-ph].