Search for dark matter produced in association with a single top quark in √s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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Abstract

This paper presents a search for dark matter in the context of a two-Higgs-doublet model together with an additional pseudoscalar mediator, a, which decays into the dark-matter particles. Processes where the pseudoscalar mediator is produced in association with a single top quark in the 2HDM+a model are explored for the first time at the LHC. Several final states which include either one or two charged leptons (electrons or muons) and a significant amount of missing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis is based on proton–proton collision data collected with the ATLAS experiment at √s = 13 TeV during LHC Run 2 (2015–2018), corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb-1. No significant excess above the Standard Model predictions is found. The results are expressed as 95% confidence-level limits on the parameters of the signal models considered.

Original languageEnglish
Article number860
Pages (from-to)1-37
Number of pages37
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume81
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2021
Externally publishedYes

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