Speaker
Tom Tong
(University of Oregon)
Description
A new, strongly-coupled dark sector could be accessible to LHC searches now. We recast a vast set of existing LHC searches to determine the current constraints on (and future opportunities for) those dark meson production and decay. In some model scenarios, we find the 8 TeV same-sign lepton search strategy sets the best bound. The relative insensitivity of LHC searches, especially at 13 TeV, can be attributed mainly to their penchant for high mass objects or large missing energy. Dedicated searches would undoubtedly yield substantially improved sensitivity.
Author
Tom Tong
