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Search for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector

Probing Final States of Missing Energy and an Energetic Jet or Top Quarks

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Authors:
  1. Johanna Gramling

    1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, USA

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D thesis by the University of Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
  • Presents a concise introduction to Dark Matter in connection with collider physics
  • Provides a detailed discussion of Dark Matter Effective Field Theory, its validity and Dark Matter Simplified Models
  • Describes in depth two analyses using different approaches to search for Dark Matter at the LHC

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Standard Model

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 5-19

  4. Dark Matter

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 21-39

  5. Supersymmetry

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 41-50

  6. The ATLAS Detector at the LHC

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 51-79

  7. Validity of Effective Field Theory Dark Matter Models at the LHC

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 81-96

  8. Search for Dark Matter in Monojet-like Events

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 97-140

  9. Constraints on Simplified Dark Matter Models from Mono-X Searches

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 141-168

  10. Search for New Physics in Events with Missing Energy and Top Quarks

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 169-213

  11. Conclusions

    • Johanna Gramling
    Pages 215-217

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 219-282
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About this book

This book discusses searches for Dark Matter at the CERN’s LHC, the world’s most powerful accelerator. It introduces the relevant theoretical framework and includes an in-depth discussion of the Effective Field Theory approach to Dark Matter production and its validity, as well as an overview of the formalism of Simplified Dark Matter models. Despite overwhelming astrophysical evidence for Dark Matter and numerous experimental efforts to detect it, the nature of Dark Matter still remains a mystery and has become one of the hottest research topics in fundamental physics.


Two searches for Dark Matter are presented, performed on data collected with the ATLAS experiment. They analyze missing-energy final states with a jet or with top quarks. The analyses are explained in detail, and the outcomes and their interpretations are discussed, also in view of the precedent analysis of theoretical approaches. Given its depth of coverage, the book represents an excellent reference guide for all physicists interested in understanding the theoretical and experimental considerations relevant to Dark Matter searches at the LHC.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, USA

    Johanna Gramling

About the author

Johanna Gramling studied Physics at Heidelberg University, focusing on particle physics. For her Ph.D. at Geneva University she joined the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Her work has been centred on possible Dark Matter signatures at the LHC, studying proposed theoretical models and performing two searches for New Physics in missing-energy final states with an energetic jet or top quarks. After obtaining her Ph.D. she joined UC Irvine as a Postdoctoral Fellow, continuing the hunt for Dark Matter at the LHC.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Search for Dark Matter with the ATLAS Detector

  • Book Subtitle: Probing Final States of Missing Energy and an Energetic Jet or Top Quarks

  • Authors: Johanna Gramling

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95016-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95015-0Published: 13 August 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06955-1Published: 20 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95016-7Published: 01 August 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 282

  • Number of Illustrations: 107 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Particle and Nuclear Physics, Cosmology

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