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

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Abstract

We propose a new dark matter WIMP, for which the best prospect for collider discovery appears to be vector boson fusion. Since this is a 4-vertex process with a small cross-section, it then also appears that detection of this particle is likely to require a new collider with greater reach than the present LHC -- either the High-Luminosity LHC or the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC). We will discuss the plans for these new colliders and how the particle proposed here can be observed, via missing transverse energy of $\sim$ 150 GeV resulting from W and Z fusion. We will also describe the very favorable features of this dark matter candidate, including consistency with the results of current direct detection experiments, indirect detection experiments, collider detection experiments, and the observed abundance of dark matter,

Authors

  • Sabrina Hernandez

    Texas A\&M University

  • Spencer Ellis

    Texas A\&M University

  • Drue Lubanski

    Texas A\&M University

  • Bailey Tallman

    Texas A\&M University

  • Diego Cristancho Guerrero

    Texas A\&M University

  • Trevor Croteau

    Texas A\&M University

  • Caden LaFontaine

    Texas A\&M University

  • Brandon Torres

    Texas A\&M University

  • Roland Allen

    Texas A\&M University