Effective Models for Dark Matter at the International Linear Collider
arXiv:1308.4409
Abstract
Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) form a promising solution to the dark matter problem and many experiments are now searching for these particles. Using effective field theories to describe the interaction of the WIMP with the Standard Model has proven successful in providing an easy way to compare the different experimental results. In this work, we show how effective operators can be formally derived from a UV-complete underlying theory, and we analyse these operators in different experimental contexts. We put our main focus on the expected sensitivity of the International Linear Collider (ILC) in searching for WIMPs by looking at events with single photons in the final state. Furthermore, we show explicit evaluations of the relic density measurements from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and the XENON Dark Matter Project direct detection measurements to compare to the expected ILC results. We find that the ILC serves as a unique tool to probe possible WIMP interactions with the Standard Model for dark matter masses below 10 GeV. This extends to masses up to 490 GeV in cases where the interaction is spin-dependent or leptophilic.
MSc Thesis, 117 pages, 37 figures. Results were published in arXiv:1211.2254. This thesis gives a more pedagogical introduction into the topic (including references and explicit calculations) and shows more detailled results
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