Novel Higgsino Dark Matter Signatures at the LHC

Abstract

In the LHC searches for gluinos it is usually assumed that they decay predominantly into the lightest neutralino plus jets. In this work we perform a proof-of-concept collider analysis of a novel supersymmetric signal in which gluinos decay mostly into jets and the bino-like neutralino (${\tilde{\chi }}_3^0$), which in turn decays into the lightest Higgsino-like neutralino (${\tilde{\chi }}_1^0$), considered the dark matter candidate, together with the SM-like Higgs boson ($h$). This new physics signal then consists of an LHC final state made up by four light jets, four $b$-jets, and a large amount of missing transverse energy. We identify $t\bar{t}$, $V$+jets ($V$= $W$, $Z$), and $t\bar{t}+X$ ($X$ = $W$, $Z$, ${\gamma }^{\ast }$, $h$) productions as the most problematic backgrounds, and develop a search strategy for the high luminosity phase of the LHC, reaching signal significances at the evidence level for a luminosity of 1000 fb${}^{-1}$. The prospects for a luminosity of 3000 fb${}^{-1}$ are even more promising, with discovery-level significances.

11 pages, 2 tables, 3 figures

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