Searching for dark matter in final states with two jets and missing transverse energy

Abstract

We reemphasise the usefulness of angular correlations in LHC searches for missing transverse energy ($E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$) signatures that involve jet $(j)$ pairs with large invariant mass. For the case of mono-jet production via gluon-fusion, we develop a realistic analysis strategy that allows to split the dark matter (DM) signal into distinct one jet-like and two jet-like event samples. By performing state-of-the-art Monte Carlo simulations of both the mono-jet signature and the standard model background, it is shown that the dijet azimuthal angle difference $\Delta {\varphi }_{j_1{j}_2}$ in $2j+E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$ production provides a powerful discriminant in realistic searches. Employing a shape fit to $\Delta {\varphi }_{j_1{j}_2}$, we then determine the LHC reach of the mono-jet channel in the context of spin-0 $s$-channel DM simplified models. The constraints obtained by the proposed $\Delta {\varphi }_{j_1{j}_2}$ shape fit turn out to be significantly more stringent than those that derive from standard $E_T^{\mathrm{miss}}$ shape analyses.

arXiv comment16 pages, 6 figures, 1 table; v3: one typographical error corrected

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