Dipole Moment Dark Matter at the LHC

Abstract

Monojet and monophoton final states with large missing transverse energy (${/E}_T$) are important for dark matter (DM) searches at colliders. We present analytic expressions for the differential cross sections for the parton-level processes, $q\bar{q}(qg)\to g(q)\chi \bar{\chi }$ and $q\bar{q}\to \gamma \chi \bar{\chi }$, for a neutral DM particle with a magnetic dipole moment (MDM) or an electric dipole moment (EDM). We collectively call such DM candidates dipole moment dark matter (DMDM). We also provide monojet cross sections for scalar, vector and axial-vector interactions. We then use ATLAS/CMS monojet${+/E}_T$ data and CMS monophoton$+{/E}_T$ data to constrain DMDM. We find that 7 TeV LHC bounds on the MDM DM-proton scattering cross section are about six orders of magnitude weaker than on the conventional spin-independent cross section.

11 pages, 3 figures. Version to appear in PLB

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