{
  "id": "1612.00219",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-12-01T12:13:49.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-12-01T12:13:49.000Z",
  "title": "Mono-X Versus Direct Searches: Simplified Models for Dark Matter at the LHC",
  "authors": [
    "Seng Pei Liew",
    "Michele Papucci",
    "Alessandro Vichi",
    "Kathryn M. Zurek"
  ],
  "comment": "41 pages, 17 figures",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph",
    "hep-ex"
  ],
  "abstract": "We consider simplified models for dark matter (DM) at the LHC, focused on mono-Higgs, -Z, -W or -b produced in the final state. Our primary purpose is to study the LHC reach of a relatively complete set of simplified models for these final states, while comparing the reach of the mono-X DM search against direct searches for the mediating particle. We find that direct searches for the mediating particle, whether in di-jets, jets+MET, multi-b+MET, or di-boson+MET, are usually stronger. We draw attention to the cases that the mono-X search is strongest, which include regions of parameter space in inelastic DM, two Higgs doublet, and squark mediated production models with a compressed spectrum.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-12-01T12:13:49.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "direct searches",
      "simplified models",
      "dark matter",
      "final state",
      "mediating particle"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 41,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}