OKC BSM meeting (in A5:1041 and on zoom)
Thursday 19 January 2023 -
10:00
Monday 16 January 2023
Tuesday 17 January 2023
Wednesday 18 January 2023
Thursday 19 January 2023
10:00
Brief intro
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Christian Ohm
(
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
)
Timothy Linden
(
Stockholm University
)
Brief intro
Christian Ohm
(
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
)
Timothy Linden
(
Stockholm University
)
10:00 - 10:05
Room: AlbaNova A5:1041 - CoPS grupprum
10:05
Search for dark matter and top quark pairs with ATLAS
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Xuanhong Lou
(
Stockholm University
)
Search for dark matter and top quark pairs with ATLAS
Xuanhong Lou
(
Stockholm University
)
10:05 - 10:45
Room: AlbaNova A5:1041 - CoPS grupprum
Talk by Xuanhong Lou (SU). Abstract: This paper presents a statistical combination of searches targeting final states with two top quarks and invisible particles, characterised by the presence of zero, one or two leptons, at least one jet originating from a $b$-quark and missing transverse momentum. The analyses are searches for phenomena beyond the Standard Model consistent with the direct production of dark matter in $pp$ collisions at the LHC, using 139 fb$^{-\text{1}}$ of data collected with the ATLAS detector at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The results are interpreted in terms of simplified dark matter models with a spin-0 scalar or pseudoscalar mediator particle. In addition, the results are interpreted in terms of upper limits on the Higgs boson invisible branching ratio, where the Higgs boson is produced according to the Standard Model in association with a pair of top quarks. For scalar (pseudoscalar) dark matter models, with all couplings set to unity, the statistical combination extends the mass range excluded by the best of the individual channels by 50 (25) GeV, excluding mediator masses up to 370 GeV. In addition, the statistical combination improves the expected coupling exclusion reach by 14% (24%), assuming a scalar (pseudoscalar) mediator mass of 10 GeV. An upper limit on the Higgs boson invisible branching ratio of 0.38 ($\text{0.30}^{+\text{0.13}}_{-\text{0.09}}$) is observed (expected) at 95% confidence level.