Abstract
Constraints on selected mediator-based dark matter models and a scalar dark energy model using up to 37 fb −1s = 13 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC during 2015-2016 are summarised in this paper. The results of experimental searches in a variety of final states are interpreted in terms of a set of spin-1 and spin-0 single-mediator dark matter simplified models and a second set of models involving an extended Higgs sector plus an additional vector or pseudo-scalar mediator. The searches considered in this paper constrain spin-1 leptophobic and leptophilic mediators, spin-0 colour-neutral and colour-charged mediators and vector or pseudo-scalar mediators embedded in extended Higgs sector models. In this case, also s = 8 TeV pp collision data are used for the interpretation of the results. The results are also interpreted for the first time in terms of light scalar particles that could contribute to the accelerating expansion of the universe (dark energy).[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Original language | English |
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Article number | 142 |
Journal | JHEP |
Volume | 2019 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 23 May 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 23 May 2019 |
Bibliographical note
84 pages in total, author list starting page 68, 26 figures, 6 tables, submitted to JHEP. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2017-32/Keywords
- hep-ex
- hep-ph