Search for dark matter produced in association with a pair of bottom quarks in proton-proton collisions at s = 13 TeV
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Hayrapetyan, A.
Tumasyan, A.
Adam, W.
Andrejkovic, J. W.
Bergauer, T.
Chatterjee, S.
Damanakis, K.
Dragicevic, M.
Hussain, P. S.
Jeitler, M.
Date Issued
February 11, 2025
Journal
Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The CMS collaboration., Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A. et al. Search for dark matter produced in association with a
pair of bottom quarks in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV. J. High Energ. Phys. 2025, 50 (2025).
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Abstract
A search for dark matter (DM) particles produced in association with bottom quarks is presented. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. The search is performed in a final state with large missing transverse momentum and a pair of jets originating from bottom quarks. No significant excess of data is observed with respect to the standard model expectation. Results are interpreted in the context of a type-II two-Higgs-doublet model with an additional light pseudoscalar (2HDM+a). An upper limit is set on the mass of the lighter pseudoscalar, probing masses up to 260 GeV at 95% confidence level. Sensitivity to the parameter space with the ratio of the vacuum expectation values of the two Higgs doublets, tan β, greater than 15 is achieved, capitalizing on the enhancement of couplings between pseudoscalars and bottom quarks with high tan β.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2025)050
