Dark Matter-Motivated Searches for Exotic 4th Generation Quarks in Tevatron and Early LHC Data

Abstract

We determine the prospects for finding dark matter at the Tevatron and LHC through the production of exotic 4th generation quarks T' that decay through T' \to t X, where X is dark matter. The resulting signal of t \bar{t} + \met has not previously been considered in searches for 4th generation quarks, but there are both general and specific dark matter motivations for this signal, and with slight modifications, this analysis applies to any scenario where invisible particles are produced in association with top quarks. Current direct and indirect bounds on such exotic quarks restrict their masses to be between 300 and 600 GeV, and the dark matter's mass may be anywhere below m_T'. We simulate the signal and main backgrounds with MadGraph/MadEvent-Pythia-PGS4. For the Tevatron, we find that an integrated luminosity of 20 fb^-1 will allow 3σdiscovery up to m_T' = 400 GeV and 95% exclusion up to m_T' = 455 GeV. For the 10 TeV LHC with 300 pb^-1, the discovery and exclusion sensitivities rise to 490 GeV and 600 GeV. These scenarios are therefore among the most promising for dark matter at colliders. Perhaps most interestingly, we find that dark matter models that can explain results from the DAMA, CDMS and CoGeNT Collaborations can be tested with high statistical significance using data already collected at the Tevatron and have extraordinarily promising implications for early runs of the LHC.

22 pages; v2: additional discussion of relation to DAMA, CDMS, and CoGeNT results, references added

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