Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium (NPPC)
Monday, September 27, 2021 at 4:00pm to 5:15pm
26-414 Kolker Room
Kevin Pedro (FNAL)
Is the Dark Force Strong? New Directions for LHC Dark Matter Searches
Abstract:
The nature of dark matter remains one of the outstanding questions in particle physics. To date, collider searches have produced no evidence of an excess of events with large missing transverse momentum, which would be an indicator of the simplest models of weakly interacting massive particles. Instead, we pursue a new strategy based on models of composite dark matter, specifically "dark hadrons" that arise from a dark sector with a new strong force called "dark QCD". These models are motivated by both theoretical and experimental considerations. We present the latest results from Run 2 CMS searches for the novel phenomenological signatures of dark QCD, including semi-visible jets and emerging jets. The prospects for the future and evolution of the dark QCD program will also be discussed.
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