Shedding Light on Dark Matter at Colliders

Abstract

Dark matter remains one of the most puzzling mysteries in Fundamental Physics of our times. Experiments at high-energy physics colliders are expected to shed light to its nature and determine its properties. This review focuses on recent searches for dark-matter signatures at the Large Hadron Collider, also discussing related prospects in future e+e- colliders.

33 pages, 31 figures, invited review article for the International Journal of Modern Physics A, references added, plots updated

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